Download or read book Rural Property Tax Systems in Central and Eastern Europe written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by FAO. This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.