Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program

Estimating ex-ante distributional impacts of road infrastructure is increasingly important to better understand the poverty effects of these investments. This note presents such analysis for the ongoing 4th generation (4G) road concessions program...

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Main Authors:	Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos, Malásquez, Eduardo A., Franco, Jorge
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	RURAL ROADS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/325311534363005943/Distributional-effects-of-investments-in-road-infrastructure-the-case-of-Colombias-4th-generation-concession-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30281

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spelling	okr-10986-302812021-09-11T05:10:31Z Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos Malásquez, Eduardo A. Franco, Jorge RURAL ROADS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT POVERTY Estimating ex-ante distributional impacts of road infrastructure is increasingly important to better understand the poverty effects of these investments. This note presents such analysis for the ongoing 4th generation (4G) road concessions program in Colombia, which involves the concession of 40 new roads and the transformation of 8,170 kilometers of road network. An ex-ante evaluation of the program suggests that 180,000 jobs will be created and that moderate and extreme poverty would decline by 0.5 and 0.3 percentage points, respectively. 2018-08-22T15:47:02Z 2018-08-22T15:47:02Z 2018-08 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/325311534363005943/Distributional-effects-of-investments-in-road-infrastructure-the-case-of-Colombias-4th-generation-concession-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30281 English Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 8 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic	RURAL ROADS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT POVERTY
spellingShingle	RURAL ROADS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT POVERTY Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos Malásquez, Eduardo A. Franco, Jorge Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program
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relation	Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 8
description	Estimating ex-ante distributional impacts of road infrastructure is increasingly important to better understand the poverty effects of these investments. This note presents such analysis for the ongoing 4th generation (4G) road concessions program in Colombia, which involves the concession of 40 new roads and the transformation of 8,170 kilometers of road network. An ex-ante evaluation of the program suggests that 180,000 jobs will be created and that moderate and extreme poverty would decline by 0.5 and 0.3 percentage points, respectively.
format	Brief
author	Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos Malásquez, Eduardo A. Franco, Jorge
author_facet	Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos Malásquez, Eduardo A. Franco, Jorge
author_sort	Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
title	Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program
title_short	Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program
title_full	Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program
title_fullStr	Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program
title_full_unstemmed	Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program
title_sort	distributional effects of investments in road infrastructure : the case of colombia's 4th generation concession program
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/325311534363005943/Distributional-effects-of-investments-in-road-infrastructure-the-case-of-Colombias-4th-generation-concession-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30281
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Distributional Effects of Investments in Road Infrastructure : The Case of Colombia's 4th Generation Concession Program

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