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1. Inventory of Public Land in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
abstractThis paper pilots an approach to identifying, categorizing, and mapping public land owned by the central, state, and local government in urban developed areas of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The methodology uses information on plot sizes, location, and ownership that is publicly available for all areas covered by town planning schemes. The study examines the extent of unutilized and underutilized public land, which excludes all cemeteries, parks and gardens, heritage buildings, slums, utilities, infrastructure land, and industrial estates. Unused land already earmarked for public purposes were also excluded from the valuation exercise. The potentially marketable land so identified was valued at both official rates and estimated market rates. The value of potentially marketable excess land is significant -- in per capita terms, the high-value scenario substantially exceeds the estimate of total infrastructure investment needs for the next 20 years prepared by an expert committee of the Ministry of Urban Development of the Government of India
Ballaney, Shirley; Bertaud, Marie-Agnes; Annez, Patricia Clarke; Koshy, C.K.; Nair, Bindu; Patel, Bimal; Phatak, Vidyadhar; Thawakar, Vasudha;2017
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2. Stamp Duties in Indian States : A Case for Reform
abstractAlm, Annez, and Modi review the options for reform of stamp duties on immovable property transfers collected by Indian state governments. After briefly reviewing some of the many administrative difficulties experienced with the tax, they turn to an examination of its economic impacts. A review of stamp duties internationally indicates that Indian rates are exceptionally high, at rates often above 10 percent. Most countries' rates are less than 5 percent, including a number of low and middle-income developing countries. With these high rates, the authors find that while the tax has become the third largest revenue source for many Indian states, it imposes high compliance costs on taxpayers, has been subject to a good deal of evasion and fraud, and the distortionary impacts appear to be large, reducing the responsiveness of real estate markets in Indian cities by discouraging transactions essential to the efficient growth of cities. The authors then study the revenue implications of lowering stamp duty rates, which need to be understood if reform is to be viable. Evidence indicates that the current high duty rates, coupled with weak tax administration, lead to widespread evasion of the tax through underdeclaration. This underdeclaration of property values directly affects collection of other taxes, among them, property taxes and capital gains tax. Moreover, it indirectly affects the collection of all taxes through the impact of underdeclaration on the circulation of black money. Simulations indicate that revenues lost due to a lowering of stamp duty rates closer to international levels are quite likely to be recovered in higher collections of other taxes. However, these taxes would at least in part be collected by other levels of government. So reform could be made a more viable option through appropriately designed intergovernmental transfers.This paper - a joint product of the Energy and Infrastructure Sector Unit, South Asia Region, and the Urban Unit, Transport and Urban Development Department - is part of a larger effort in the Bank to to assess the impacts of alternative tax systems in urban finance
Alm, James; Annez, Patricia Clarke; Modi, Arbind;2016
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3. Ahmedabad : more but different government for “slum free” and livable cities
Annez, Patricia Clarke; Bertaud, Alain; Bertaud, Marie-Agnes; Bhatt, Bijal; Bhatt, Chirayu;2012
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Link Citations: 8 (based on OpenCitations)
4. Why make it easy? : information, regulation and hobbled markets in Indian cities
Annez, Patricia Clarke;2017
Type: Aufsatz im Buch; Book section;
5. What getting legal land title really means : an "anti-commons" in Ahmedabad, India?
Annez, Patricia Clarke; Bhatt, Bijal; Patel, Bimal;2017
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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6. Inventory of Public Land in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
abstractThis paper pilots an approach to identifying, categorizing, and mapping public land owned by the central, state, and local government in urban developed areas of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The methodology uses information on plot sizes, location, and ownership that is publicly available for all areas covered by town planning schemes. The study examines the extent of unutilized and underutilized public land, which excludes all cemeteries, parks and gardens, heritage buildings, slums, utilities, infrastructure land, and industrial estates. Unused land already earmarked for public purposes were also excluded from the valuation exercise. The potentially marketable land so identified was valued at both official rates and estimated market rates. The value of potentially marketable excess land is significant -- in per capita terms, the high-value scenario substantially exceeds the estimate of total infrastructure investment needs for the next 20 years prepared by an expert committee of the Ministry of Urban Development of the Government of India.
Ballaney, Shirley; Bertaud, Marie-Agnes; Annez, Patricia Clarke; Koshy, C.K.; Nair, Bindu; Patel, Bimal; Phatak, Vidyadhar; Thawakar, Vasudha;2014
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7. Ahmedabad : More but Different Government for "Slum Free" and Livable Cities
abstractThis paper analyzes real estate market dynamics over the past decade in the city of Ahmedabad, India, with a view to improving the living conditions of the large population living in slums. The paper combines census data, the National Sample Survey, and slum household surveys to review the demand side of the market. Satellite photography was used to estimate the production of both formal and informal housing over the past ten years. Analysis of the execution of the development plan for the Ahmedabad region and town planning schemes shows how the system of housing supply has evolved. These analyses are used to assess the feasibility of various approaches to achieving “slum free” cities, the goal of the Government of India's planned assistance program Rajiv Awas Yojana. The paper concludes that notwithstanding a substantial increase in public housing production in recent years, providing subsidized formal homes from government or through reservations for lower income groups in private developments would take more than a generation just to handle the current slum population - representing one-third of households. Providing basic environmental infrastructure services in existing underserved neighborhoods - a proven approach under the Slum Networking Program - and bolstering infrastructure networks for the city to accommodate increased demand are affordable and feasible. Addressing issues such as rural-urban land conversion and ambiguous land tenure, and allowing flexibility for realistic building standards and increasing maximum floor space standards in certain neighborhoods can help to ensure a growing supply of housing that is affordable for moderate and low-income households
Annez, Patricia Clarke; Bertaud, Alain; Bhatt, Bijal; Patel, Bimal; Bhatt, Chirayu; Bertaud, Marie-Agnes; Annez, Patricia Clarke; Phatak, Vidyadhar;2012
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Citations: 8 (based on OpenCitations)
8. An agenda for research on urbanization in developing countries : a summary of findings from a scoping exercise
Annez, Patricia Clarke; Linn, Johannes F.;2010
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Link Citations: 5 (based on OpenCitations)
9. Working with the market : approach to reducing urban slums in India
Annez, Patricia Clarke; Bertaud, Alain; Patel, Bimal; Phatak, V. K.;2010
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Link Citations: 17 (based on OpenCitations)
10. Financing Indian cities : opportunities and constraints in an n th best world
Annez, Patricia Clarke;2010
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Link Citations: 2 (based on OpenCitations)