Poverty, Growth, and Environment in Brazil : Spatial Insights for Policymaking

This report examines the implications of spatial heterogeneity - the uneven distribution of poverty, growth, and environmental assets - for policy. Its goal is to inform a wide set of policies that are either explicitly spatially targeted or may have unanticipated spatial implications. These include poverty alleviation policies targeted on poor municipios; demand-driven poverty alleviation policies; territorial development policies aimed at stimulating growth in a multi-municipio region; growth policies targeted on semi-arid regions; policies to protect environmental assets. The report focuses on clarifying some of the fundamental assumptions and underpinnings of spatially oriented development policies, addressing six questions organized in three sections. Are policies targeted at poor municipios effective in reaching poor people? Do demand-driven policies favor poor people? What explains divergent labor market experiences in rural areas? Are poverty and economic stagnation in the Northeast closely tied to agroclimatic conditions? Is poverty a major determinant of Amazonian deforestation? Is there a steep trade-off between forest protection and agricultural output? The report advances knowledge in each of these areas, but unresolved issues remain for debate and research.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2006-04
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, CHILD MORTALITY, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXPENDITURE, ILLITERACY, INCOME, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY REDUCTION, INFORMAL ECONOMY, INSURANCE, INTEREST RATE, IRRIGATION, LABOR MARKET, LAGGING REGIONS, LAND REFORM, LAND TENURE, LOAN, LOAN AMOUNT, LONG-TERM INSTRUMENT, POOR, POOR PEOPLE, POOR PERSON, POPULATION DENSITY, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REPAYMENT, RESERVE, ROADS, RURAL, RURAL CREDITS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION, RURAL TOWNS, SETTLEMENT, SPATIAL ALLOCATION, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL DIFFERENCES, SPATIAL INEQUALITIES, SPATIAL INEQUALITY, SPATIAL POLICY, TARGETING, TAX, TAX INCENTIVES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADING, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTATION, WORKING CAPITAL,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/16414907/brazil-poverty-growth-environment-brazil-spatial-insights-policymaking https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12852
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