the cities and towns and economic infrastructure , and existing urban social-including logistic networks. …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …

Global South and particularly in Brazil. In this study, we examine the extent to which the urban form of Brazilian cities … impacts their urban mobility energy consumption. First, we present a descriptive analysis of how urban areas in Brazil have … per capita used in private motorized transport in the 182 largest urban areas in Brazil are affected by different …

The paper provides historical perspectives on spatial economic inequalities in Brazil making use of a database on …

This paper addresses the question whether or not large-scale infrastructure investments have a causal effect of local …

infrastructure are highly variable and context-specific. For example 'hard infrastructure' such as paved roads and communications is … incremental investments in all major types of public and economic infrastructure across Africa. These 'infrastructure potential … more beneficial in cities, whereas 'social infrastructure' such as education, health, public services and utilities is more …

Core infrastructure, which covers transportation, information and communication (ICT), energy, water and sanitation … systems, plays a significant role in economic growth. The development of core infrastructure - one of the European Union (EU … addressing the identified issues is needed to assess the impact of infrastructure on economic growth and convergence …

roads to highways. We apply this tool to study transport infrastructure investment through the European Cohesion Policy … transport policy tool to assess the impact of road-transport infrastructure investment in a region by considering upgrading …

How can infrastructure help to reduce the gender education gap in developing countries? In this paper, I analyze the … complementarity of all-weather roads and a bicycle program in Bihar, India, which aimed to increase girls' secondary school enrollment …-weather roads. Their net secondary school enrollment rate increased by over 87 percent, reducing the respective gender education gap …