Documents & Reports
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Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth : Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil (English)
This paper uses four decades of data on Brazilian municipalities to study the separate and joint impacts of highway and electricity infrastructure access on local economic outcomes. The identification...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10785 Document Date: May 23, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Selod,Harris,Steinbuks,Jevgenijs,Trotter,Ian Michael,Blankespoor,Brian
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Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth : Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil (English)
This paper uses panel data over four decades in Brazilian municipalities to study the separate and joint impacts of highway and electricity infrastructure access on local economic outcomes. The identification...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 188725 Document Date: March 14, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Selod,Harris,Steinbuks,Jevgenijs,Trotter,Ian Michael,Blankespoor,Brian
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Electricity Access and Structural Transformation : Evidence from Brazil's Electrification (English)
This study proposes a novel supply-side mechanism driving economic structural transformation: grid electrification. Increasing electricity availability affects the reallocation of inputs to more productive...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9182 Document Date: March 13, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Perez Sebastian,Fidel,Steinbuks,Jevgenijs,Feres,Jose Gustavo,Trotter,Ian Michael