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The Brasilia Experiment : Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-Term Local Development in Brazil / Bird, Julia
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Bird, Julia
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agglomeration.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Corporate Law.
- Economic Activity.
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Law and Development.
- Local Development.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Population Policies.
- Road Access.
- Spatial Pattern.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy and Planning.
- Urban Slums Upgrading.
- Local Subjects:
- Agglomeration.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Corporate Law.
- Economic Activity.
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Law and Development.
- Local Development.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Population Policies.
- Road Access.
- Spatial Pattern.
- Transport.
- Transport Economics Policy and Planning.
- Urban Slums Upgrading.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (66 pages)
- Other Title:
- Brasilia Experiment
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2014
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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 Brasilia 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.
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