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Mihaly Kopanyi

  • Municipal Finance Consultant
  • World Bank

Roles

Researchers

Mr. Kopanyi is a municipal finance consultant. Before retiring from The World Bank in 2011 he worked in 30 countries and he was a municipal finance adviser and co-chair of the Municipal Finance Thematic Group. His core competency areas include intergovernmental finance, financing urban infrastructure, and reforming financial intermediaries. He has edited or co-authored more than 30 books and numerous articles; his recent works include: the ‘Municipal Finance e-learning course’ of the World Bank Institute; ‘Financing Municipalities in Turkey’, ‘Reforming the Georgia Municipal Development Fund’, and ‘Financing Delivery of Urban Services in Rwanda’.

Projects

Support for implementation of Rwanda’s property tax

Mihaly Kopanyi 31 Aug 2019
Project

Property taxation with flat rate systems in Tanzania

Mihaly Kopanyi, Tamim Amijee
Project

Property tax policy and administration in Tanzania

Mihaly Kopanyi 31 Oct 2017
Project

The potential of taxing vacant land in Kampala’s central division

Mihaly Kopanyi, Astrid Haas 30 Jun 2017
Project

An effective building tax rate for Rwanda

Mihaly Kopanyi 31 Oct 2016
Project

Local revenue reform in Kampala

Mihaly Kopanyi 31 Dec 2015
Project
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Local revenue reform in Rwanda: Property tax

Mihaly Kopanyi 28 Feb 2015
Project
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Financing the expansion and delivery of urban services

Mihaly Kopanyi 31 Mar 2014
Project

All contributions

Improving asset and debt management in developing cities

Mihaly Kopanyi, Mila Friere
Blog
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Taxing vacant urban land in Kampala

Mihaly Kopanyi, Astrid Haas
Working paper
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Considerations for a tax on urban vacant land in Kampala

Mihaly Kopanyi, Astrid Haas
Policy brief
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Asset and debt management for cities

Maria Freire, Mihaly Kopanyi
Working paper
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Taxation of vacant urban land: From theory to practice

Astrid Haas, Mihaly Kopanyi
Policy brief
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An effective property tax regime for Rwanda

Mihaly Kopanyi, Sally Murray
Working paper

East and Central Africa Cities Development Forum

24–26 May 2016 Kampala, Uganda
Past Event
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Financing the expansion and delivery of urban services (Project Memo)

Mihaly Kopanyi
Organisation document
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Local revenue reform in Rwanda: Property tax (Project Memo)

Mihaly Kopanyi
Organisation document
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Local revenue reform of Kampala Capital City Authority

Mihaly Kopanyi
Working paper
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Enhancing Own Revenues of Decentralised Entities in Rwanda (Working Paper)

Mihaly Kopanyi
Working paper