Land assets have become an important source of financing capital investments by subnational governments in developing countries. Land assets, often with billions of dollars per transaction, rival and sometimes surpass subnational borrowing or fiscal transfers for capital spending. While reducing...

Land assets have become an important source of financing capital investments by subnational governments in developing countries. Land assets, often with billions of dollars per transaction, rival and sometimes surpass subnational borrowing or fiscal transfers for capital spending. While reducing...

Land assets have become an important source of financing capital investments by subnational governments in developing countries. Land assets, often with billions of dollars per transaction, rival and sometimes surpass subnational borrowing or fiscal transfers for capital spending. While reducing...

La plusvalia de la tierra como opcion para el financiamiento de la infraestructura urbana esta cobrando importancia creciente en el mundo en desarrollo. Por que es tan dificil financiar las inversiones en infraestructura urbana, cuando los valores de las tierras por lo general aumentan a un...

Government entities in India hold large amounts of public land. Their landholdings include some of the most valuable property in the country. Parts of this patrimony lie vacant or underutilized. Public sector bodies also own large blocs of land that sometimes stand in the way of efficient...

Despite strong economic growth, investment in basic urban infrastructure-water supply, wastewater removal and treatment, roads, and other capital-intensive systems-has failed to keep pace with urban growth, leaving a critical urban infrastructure deficit. At the same time, urban lands in these...

Municipal land sales provide one option for financing urban infrastructure investment. In countries where land is owned by the public sector, land is by far the most valuable asset on the municipal balance sheet. Selling land or long-term leasing rights to land use while investing the proceeds...

Le financement d'infrastructures urbaines a partir du foncier prend de l'importance dans les pays en developpement. Pourquoi est-il si difficile de financer des investissements d'infrastructure urbaine lorsque l'augmentation de la valeur des terrains est generalement superieure au cout des...