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Author : Olga Kaganova
Publisher : The Urban Insitute
ISBN 13 : 9780877667308
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Managing Government Property Assets written by Olga Kaganova and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments own a vast array of real property--from large stretches of land to public housing projects, from water distribution systems and roads to office buildings. Typically, management of public property is highly fragmented, with responsibility for each type of asset falling within a different agency or bureaucracy. In almost all countries, different classes of property are managed according to their own rules, often following traditional practices rather than any assessment of what type of management is appropriate. Over the past decade, however, a new discipline has emerged that examines this important component of public wealth and seeks to apply standards of economic efficiency and effective organizational management. Managing Government Property Assets reviews and analyzes this recent wave of activity. The authors draw upon a wide variety of national and local practices, both in countries that have been leaders in management reforms and in countries just beginning to wrestle with the problem. This comparison reveals that the issues of public property management are surprisingly similar in different countries, despite striking differences in institutional contexts and policy solutions.