Systematic land information management (SLIM)
Nieminen, Jukka
Cities in the developing countries face constant problems with urban management. International financing and development agencies, like World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and UN-Habitat, have devised several programmes and initiatives to solve this problem. So far only limited success has been recorded. The need to raise sufficient financing for city administrations to function effectively is perhaps the main objective of city governance. Plans, objectives, decisions, statements etc. are all irrelevant if there is not the capability to carry them through. This capability requires a sustainable form of income. In this paper new approaches and methods are sought for the urban problem solving. The first priority is to enable the Local Government Unit (LGU) to generate its own permanent revenue base. Only with steady and predictable annual revenue is it possible to plan actions for sustainable development. Property taxation seems to be the easiest direct revenue source for the developing cities. There are hardly any possibilities, e.g., to use income taxation.
Event: FIG HABITAT ISK CASLE Expert Group Meeting on Secure Land Tenure : New Legal Frameworks and Tools
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