IMF Seminar: Leveraging Remote Sensing Data for Property Taxes Assessment
Last week, Vincent Nossek was at the IMF to give a seminar on remote sensing imagery and data for tax administration.
Vincent Nossek
UCA, CERDI, Ferdi
Mario Mansour (Division Chief, Tax Policy Division at the IMF) has invited Vincent Nossek to give a seminar on the May, 28th, 2025. The discussion was dedicated to an innovative method to improve property tax assessment.
Vincent Nossek is preparing a PhD in economics at the Université Clermont Auvergne under the supervision of Vianney Dequiedt (UCA, CERDI, Ferdi), during which he has developed expertise in the use of remote sensing and geospatial intelligence tools in economic analysis. He studies the economic and social impacts of energy access in developing countries, with particular emphasis on mini-grids and renewable energies. He uses GEOINT techniques, remote sensing data, and artificial intelligence for his research. Using these tools, he assesses energy infrastructures and their impact on economic development. Vincent is also a consultant for the World Bank on macroeconomic, trade and investment issues. Before starting his PhD at CERDI, he worked as a research fellow for almost ten years at FERDI.
He focused his presentation at the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department on the following key topics of assessing property taxes using publicly available datasets from satellite and other imageries, to complement or to rely less on old methods of collecting information for assessing property taxes:
- Why rely on remote sensing data for property taxes assessment?
- Remote sensing data sources;
- Case studies; Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dynamic World dataset), and Timor-Leste (Open Buildings dataset).
The presentation concluded with discussions on the way forward to enhance the use of new technologies in this area.
More information on his website.