The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil

The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil

This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which occurred from the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and economic activity across the country's municipalities. It ad...

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Main Authors: Bird, Julia, Straub, Stephane
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
BENCHMARK
CENSUSES
CENTER FOR POPULATION
CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION
CONGESTION
COST OF TRAVEL
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIVIDENDS
DRINKING WATER
DRIVING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION
ECONOMIC THEORY
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EQUALITY
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXTERNALITIES
FREIGHT
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY NETWORK
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
HIGHWAYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LARGE CITIES
LITERACY RATES
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
METROPOLITAN AREAS
METROPOLITAN REGIONS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MIGRANT
MIGRATION
MIGRATION PROCESS
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MUNICIPALITIES
MUNICIPALITY
NATIONAL POPULATION
NEIGHBORHOOD
OPPORTUNITY COST
PASSENGERS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION DECREASE
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION INCREASE
POPULATION INCREASES
POPULATION MOVEMENT
POPULATION MOVEMENTS
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION VARIABLES
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PROGRESS
PROXY
PUBLIC POLICY
PULL FACTOR
PULL FACTORS
RAILROADS
RESPECT
ROAD
ROAD BUILDING
ROAD CONNECTIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD SYSTEMS
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPILLOVER
STOCKS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACCESS
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT
TRAVEL COSTS
TRUCK TRANSPORT
UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTER
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN ROADS
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VEHICLES
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19760007/brasilia-experiment-road-access-spatial-pattern-long-term-local-development-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19361

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19760007/brasilia-experiment-road-access-spatial-pattern-long-term-local-development-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19361

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