Buses, houses or cash ? socio-economic, spatial and environmental consequences of reforming public transport subsidies in Buenos Aires (English)

Transit subsidies in the urban area of Buenos Aires are high, amounting to a total of US$5 billion for 2012. They have been challenged on several counts: suspected of driving urban sprawl and associated infrastructure costs, diverting resources from system maintenance, and failing to reach the poor among others. In this context, this paper examines the impacts of cost recovery fares under a range of different policy scenarios that could cushion the...

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Avner,Paolo;

Mehndiratta,Shomik Raj;

Viguie,Vincent;

Hallegatte,Stephane;
Document Date
2017/08/14
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8166
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Argentina,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2017/08/14
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Buses, houses or cash ? socio-economic, spatial and environmental consequences of reforming public transport subsidies in Buenos Aires
Keywords
transit subsidy

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Avner,Paolo; Mehndiratta,Shomik Raj; Viguie,Vincent; Hallegatte,Stephane.

Buses, houses or cash ? socio-economic, spatial and environmental consequences of reforming public transport subsidies in Buenos Aires (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8166 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/889761502738189524

Buses, houses or cash ? socio-economic, spatial and environmental consequences of reforming public transport subsidies in Buenos Aires (English)

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