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:
GDP
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19760007/brasilia-experiment-road-access-spatial-pattern-long-term-local-development-brazil
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spelling okr-10986-193612021-04-23T14:03:51Z The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil Bird, Julia Straub, Stephane 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 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 addresses the problem of endogeneity in infrastructure location by using an original empirical strategy, based on the "historical natural experiment" constituted by the creation of the new federal capital city Brasília in 1960. The results reveal a dual pattern, with improved transport connections increasing concentration of economic activity and population around the main centers in the South of the country, while spurring the emergence of secondary economic centers in the less developed North, in line with predictions in terms of agglomeration economies. Over the period, roads are shown to account for half of pcGDP growth and to spur a significant decrease in spatial inequality. 2014-08-15T16:11:31Z 2014-08-15T16:11:31Z 2014-07 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6964 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Bird, Julia
Straub, Stephane
The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6964
description 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 addresses the problem of endogeneity in infrastructure location by using an original empirical strategy, based on the "historical natural experiment" constituted by the creation of the new federal capital city Brasília in 1960. The results reveal a dual pattern, with improved transport connections increasing concentration of economic activity and population around the main centers in the South of the country, while spurring the emergence of secondary economic centers in the less developed North, in line with predictions in terms of agglomeration economies. Over the period, roads are shown to account for half of pcGDP growth and to spur a significant decrease in spatial inequality.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bird, Julia
Straub, Stephane
author_facet Bird, Julia
Straub, Stephane
author_sort Bird, Julia
title The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
title_short The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
title_full The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
title_fullStr The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil
title_sort brasilia experiment : road access and the spatial pattern of long-term local development in brazil
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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