Why are there so many unfinished buildings in Africa?
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#2A few years ago I read an article that argued that one of the best ways to help many African countries would be to send accountants and help set up a cadastre.
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#3A few years ago I read an article that argued that one of the best ways to help many African countries would be to send accountants and help set up a cadastre.
It’s been tried but the political opposition is massive for various reasons.
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#4A few years ago I read an article that argued that one of the best ways to help many African countries would be to send accountants and help set up a cadastre.
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#5Same in asia too - out of money, poor financial forecast and no allocation of funds/resources to build.
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#6I have no idea if it is true, but, in Egypt, my guide (who I will say was wonderfully knowledgeable on historic matters), stated that the reason many properties had rebar extending upwards (e.g., it looked like there were more stories to be added) was related to tax policy. I forget the full detail of her explanation, but there was some different kind of tax treatment if the building was "finished," so there were a number of approaches to not "finish" a building.
Edit: From some subsequent Googling, it appears this tax explanation was, at least, historically true in Egypt. There are reports that this policy may have changed in the early 2010's.
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#8Archive link: https://archive.md/QmkvE
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#9I have no idea if it is true, but, in Egypt, my guide (who I will say was wonderfully knowledgeable on historic matters), stated that the reason many properties had rebar extending upwards (e.g., it looked like there were more stories to be added) was related to tax policy. I forget the full detail of her explanation, but there was some different kind of tax treatment if the building was "finished," so there were a n…
I've seen and heard of this in Mexico and Latin America as well.
A lot of US housing styles, such as saltbox and narrow townhouses, are also attempts to game older versions of the tax code
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#10> the only painting is of the scatological variety from the sole residents: crows.
This was weird.