In A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing i

Students of public finance and fiscal decentralization in developing and transitional countries have long argued for more intensive use of the property tax. It

"Overview of property tax systems across Africa. Reviews of salient features for 29 countries and four regions (Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone, North Africa

"Provides historical, economic, political and legal perspectives for understanding the many issues surrounding land taxation." - cover.

This book examines the issues and consequences of a declining property tax base with respect to local government autonomy. Some of the nation's leading scholars