Paul Romer

Paul Romer, an economist and policy entrepreneur, is a University Professor on leave from NYU. Romer was the former Director of the Marron Institute and the founding director of the Urbanization Project at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. The Urbanization Project conducts applied research on the many ways in which policymakers in the developing world can use the rapid growth of cities to create economic opportunity and undertake systemic social reform.

The Philippine REGALA Experience

Land is central to a country’s development and growth. Improved tenure security promotes social and economic development, while an efficient land market gains attraction from investors. Learn how the Support to Local Government Revenue Generation and Land Administration Reforms Project (REGALA) created a more efficient land market in the Philippines.

City Government Finances in the Asia Pacific Region: Issues and Reform Options

Learn why local government taxes should be a priority issue in Asia.

While the timing might be right to create policies that will increase city government tax revenue mobilization, there are considerable constraints to achieving this. This presentation discusses the present status of local government taxation in Asia, and also provides tips on how to implement an urban fiscal strategy.