Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Financial Review
Author: Financial Review
Author: The Public Wealth of Cities
Author: Dag DetterPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815729995
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
How to leverage existing resources to meet the current and future needs of cities Crumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools and inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term investments necessary for future generations. It doesn’t have to be this way. This book by two internationally recognized experts in public finance describes a new way of restoring economic vitality and financial stability to cities, using steps that already have been proven remarkably successful. The key is unlocking social, human, and economic wealth that cities already own but is out of sight—or “hidden.” A focus on existing public wealth helps to shift attention and resources from short-term spending to longer-term investments that can vastly raise the quality of life for many generations of urban residents. A crucial first step is to understand a city’s balance sheet—too few cities comprehend how valuable a working tool this can be. With this in hand, taxpayers, politicians, and investors can better recognize the long-term consequences of political decisions and make choices that mobilize real returns rather than rely on more taxes, debt, or austerity. Another hidden asset is real estate. Even poor cities own large swathes of poorly utilized land, or they control underperforming utilities and other commercial assets. Most cities could more than double their investments with smarter use of these commercial assets. Managing the city’s assets smartly through the authors’ proposed Urban Wealth Funds—at arm’s-length from short-term political influence—will enable cities to ramp up much needed infrastructure investments.
The Financial Review
Author: Financial Review and American Building Association News
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Savings and loan associations
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Report of the Health Officer
Author: District of Columbia. Health DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Government Finance Review
Author: House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Author: Annual Report on New Starts
Author: United States. Federal Transit AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description