IMFG Paper | 2023
Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities
Howard Chernick, Andrew Reschovsky
New IMFG report analyzes the fiscal health of U.S. cities and finds that, between 2000 and 2014, many cities were in poor health and disparities among cities increased.
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Who Does What Report | 2022
The Municipal Role in Policing
Alok Mukherjee, Jihyun Kwon, Erick Laming
New IMFG report describes the current challenges in delivering police services across three orders of government, and sets out approaches to address these challenges.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
The Old and the New: A Tale of Two Local Property Taxes in Ireland
Gerard Turley
New IMFG paper on property taxes in Ireland draws potential lessons from the Irish experience for other countries and identifies future opportunities.
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Other | 2022
Expert Commentary on Fall 2022 Changes to Municipal Governance in Ontario
Zack Taylor
Bills 3 and 39 have brought major changes to municipal governance in Ontario. IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor synthesizes expert commentary on these changes, following a panel with Karen Chapple, Gabriel Eidelman, Matt Elliott and Alison Smith.
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Who Does What Report | 2022
The Municipal Role in Public Health
Katherine Fierlbeck, Gaynor Watson-Creed, Lawrence Loh, Lindsay McLaren, Jason Cabaj
Who Does What report examines the role municipalities play in public health, the constraints they face, and how they can work better with other orders of government.
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Perspectives Paper | 2022
Unbalanced Investments: Accra’s Informal Settlements
Hsi-Chuan Wang
New IMFG paper examines how Accra, Ghana has invested in informal settlements through the distribution of drainage projects.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
Infrastructure Provision for Informal Settlements: Accra and Buenos Aires
Hsi-Chuan Wang
New IMFG paper compares informal settlement policies in Accra, Ghana, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
A New Agenda for Local Democracy: Building Just, Inclusive, and Participatory Cities
Brittany Andrew-Amofah, Alexandra Flynn, and Patricia Wood
New IMFG paper explores how Canadian cities can introduce a more inclusive model of governance to better represent marginalized and vulnerable communities.
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