Devisari Tunas

Devisari Tunas is the Scenario Coordinator for the Archipelago Cities at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) of the Singapore-​ETH Centre. Trained as an architect and urban planner, she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Urbanism from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Master's degree in both “Conservation of historic buildings and towns”, and “Social and cultural anthropology” from Katholieke Universitet Leuven (Belgium).

Eaglesensing

EagleSensing provides aerial analytical solutions for tropical agriculture. They develop solutions for crop management problems in large scale plantations, using proprietary software created to derive maximum value from aerial photographs and global positioning system data.

Busroni Yanto

Busroni Yanto joined Leica Geosystems Switzerland as the Managing Director of PT Leica Geosystems in Indonesia in December 2015. He previously worked at PT Almega Geosystems and at Ikatan Surveyor Indonesia. He holds a degree in Geodetic Engineering from Universities Gadjah Mada.

Ather Ashraf

Ather Ashraf is also a Spatial Data Engineer/Consultant at the Al Madina Al Munswarah Development Authority. He has extensive research and work experience in the field of GIS in large organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme, Asian Development Bank, Focus Humanitarian, ILF Pvt. Ltd, and NESPAK Pvt. Ltd. His areas of specialization are Water Informatics, Land Suitability Modeling, Fuzzy GIS, Intelligent System, GIS Engineering/ Development, Image Processing, Geostatistics, and  Geoprocessing.

Recurrent Property Tax

What makes property tax a “good tax”? Why do property taxes underperform? What are the obstacles to an efficient property tax administration?

While property taxation is gaining strong and renewed interest from around the world due to its revenue mobilization potential, it has yet to become a significant revenue producer for developing countries. Considered a “good tax” with many desirable features, property tax possesses considerable revenue potential if well-designed and properly administered.