Enid Slack presented an outline of a chapter, co-authored with Richard Bird, on Metropolitan Public Finance for an upcoming publication titled, “Metropolitan Government Finances in Developing Countries,” at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Find out more »Month: October 2010
Introduction of a Property Tax, Presentation by Richard Bird
Richard Bird (IMFG Senior Fellow) made a presentation entitled “Introduction of a Property Tax” to the Seventh Meeting of the Asian Tax Forum, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Find out more »IMFG hosted the Toronto Urban Fellows at a workshop on fiscal issues facing Toronto and other Canadian cities
IMFG hosted the Toronto Urban Fellows at a workshop on fiscal issues facing Toronto and other Canadian cities. Presenters were: Enid Slack (IMFG Director), Alan Broadbent (IMFG Chair), and Rob Hatton (City of Toronto).
Find out more »Assessment Limits for Ontario: Could We Live with the Consequences?
Enid Slack completed a report entitled “Assessment Limits for Ontario: Could We Live with the Consequences?” for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.
Find out more »Municipal Cooperation on Economic Development: International Experience, Presentation by Enid Slack
IMFG Director Enid Slack made a presentation on “Municipal Cooperation on Economic Development: International Experience” at a Forum on “Financing Local Economic Development” in Manila, Philippines. The forum was sponsored by the Canadian Urban Institute.
Find out more »The Imperative of Immigration, Presentation by Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent gave the opening speech at the Cities of Migration: An Opportunities Agenda for Cities conference in The Hague, Netherlands, entitled “The Imperative of Immigration.” This presentation, and others from this conference, are available at: www.citiesofmigration.ca.
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