Decentralization and rural property taxation

Keith, S. ;McCluskey, W.

Decentralization and rural property taxation

Year of publication 2004

Pages 60 p.

Author Keith, S. ;McCluskey, W.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251051445

Series title FAO Land Tenure Studies

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This volume is intended to support land administrators who are involved with the design and implementation of rural property tax systems. It is based on FAO’s Land Tenure Studies Number 5, which focused on rural property tax in Central and Eastern Europe. The response to that guide showed a need for information on rural property tax systems to be more easily available in other regions. In addition, this volume places a rural property tax more explicitly in the context of decentra lization. This book, like others in the series, does not seek to be exhaustive but rather reflects what FAO and its many collaborators have discovered are 'good practices'.

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