5 - Rural property tax systems in Central and Eastern Europe

This guide has been prepared to support governments in the design and implementation of systems to raise revenues at local levels. An increasing number of countries are introducing policies to decentralize the provision of rural services but very often local levels of government have insufficient funds to carry out these newly decentralized responsibilities. Raising revenues through property taxes on rural land represents one way to improve the capacity of local levels to deliver services.Food and Agriculture Organization Staff is the author of '5 - Rural property tax systems in Central and Eastern Europe', published 2002 under ISBN 9789251048511 and ISBN 9251048517.