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    Reforming property tax valuation in Sierra Leone

    International Growth Centre, 2020
    Across sub-Saharan Africa, ineffective property valuation presents a serious hurdle to strengthening local property taxes. Between January and August 2019, the International Growth Centre (IGC) co-piloted a simplified approach to property valuation in Freetown, Sierra Leone, that combines both surface area and easily-observable characteristics to arrive at an estimate of market value.
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    Property taxes in Kampala: Some background information

    International Growth Centre, 2019
    Property rates, as collected by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), are taxes on the rental or business income of property in the city of Kampala, Uganda that can be applied to commercial, institutional, and rented residential properties across the five urban divisions of the city.
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    Technology and property tax: Raising city revenue in Kampala

    International Growth Centre, 2020
    Property taxes are a hugely important potential source of revenue for cities. Faced with limited municipal revenues and rapidly growing populations, taxes on the value of land and property can offer a significant source of funding for cities to provide local services and to tap into financing for larger investments.
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    A global compendium and meta-analysis of property tax systems

    Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013
    This report is a global compendium of significant features of systems for recurrently taxing land and buildings. It is based on works in English, many of which were published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Its aim is to provide researchers and practitioners with useful information about these sources and with facts and patterns of system features, revenue statistics, and other data.
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    Designing land value capture tools in the context of complex tenurial and deficient land use regulatory regimes in Accra, Ghana

    Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2019
    Rapid urbanization has increased the demand for urban infrastructure services. Municipalities have attempted to finance infrastructure services with value capture instruments. The paper highlights how value capture instruments are designed and implemented in Ghana.
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    Food systems and building back better

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    Measures that have been put in place across the world to slow down the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) have had profound effects on food and nutrition security for those furthest behind.
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    Governance and building back better

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    The pandemic is in many ways a crisis of governance. Its magnitude and mitigation are determined by the nature of policy responses and crisis management by leaders and governments, and existing socioeconomic inequality has led to a disproportionate impact on some groups.
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    Gender equality and building back better

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    The Covid-19 pandemic has affected men and women differently, exacerbating existing gender inequalities across a range of areas including health, education and livelihoods. Globally, women and girls are also experiencing increased levels of gender-based violence.
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    Social protection and building back better

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020
    The Covid-19 pandemic has meant sweeping changes for economies and societies, with the most devastating consequences for individuals and groups with pre-existing vulnerabilities. These impacts are likely to be compounded in contexts with greater fragility.
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    eLearning Africa

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