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Why we need to tax urban land and property?

Video 8 Oct 2020 Cities and Cities that Work

Shahrukh Wani, Economist at IGC’s Cities that Work initiative, presented at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi on the importance of land and property taxation in Pakistan.

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Shahrukh Wani

Senior Country Manager, Zambia, International Growth Centre

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