Social and Economic Impacts of Rural Road Improvements in the State of Tocantins, Brazil

The aim of this paper is to provide feedback on the question of socioeconomic benefits from rural road development and the impact of transport infrastructure on the poor, particularly the poorest and the bottom 20 percent of the population. This paper relies on impact evaluation methodologies, which are traditionally used in social sectors but less so in the transport sector. The study, including first surveys, was launched in 2003 under the Tocantins Sustainable Regional Development Project. The paper highlights the context that led to the project’s design, which included an impact evaluation of the works envisaged under the project. The paper also highlights some of the main challenges faced by this impact evaluation and how these challenges were addressed for the present study. It then provides details about the data collected during the surveys and the key relevant characteristics of the population targeted by the surveys. It discusses the possible estimation methods envisioned to undertake the study and provides the main results of the assessment based on these methods. The analysis shows that improved rural roads changed people’s transport modal choice. People used more public buses and individual motorized vehicles after the rural road improvements. The paper also finds that the project increased school attendance, particularly for girls. Although the evidence is relatively weak in statistical terms, it indicates that the project contributed to increasing agricultural jobs and household income in certain regions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lancelot, Eric R., Iimi, Atsushi, Manelici, Isabela, Ogita, Satoshi
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	FEEDER ROADS, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORT SECTOR, ROAD NETWORKS, ITS, BUS SERVICE, TRANSPORT CONDITIONS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, INTEREST, INCOME, RATE OF RETURN, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, VEHICLES, SIGNS, CAR OWNERSHIP, TREND, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL ACCESSIBILITY, RURAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION, TRAVEL SPEED, CONCRETE, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, TOLL, REDUCTION IN TRAVEL, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BICYCLES, HIGHWAY SYSTEM, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, CONCRETE BRIDGES, HAULAGE, NATIONAL ROADS, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT NETWORKS, TRANSPORT MODES, MODAL CHOICE, MAIN ROAD, CHOICE OF TRANSPORT, VEHICLE, CAR USE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, ROAD, COSTS, TRAINING, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, TRANSPORT, IMPACT OF TRANSPORT, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, GRADE, BRIDGES, MOBILITY, DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT, ROAD USERS, ROAD INVESTMENTS, TRIPS, TRUE, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, FRAMEWORK, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, TRANSPORT POLICY MAKERS, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, BUS SERVICES, TRAVEL TIMES, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, PORTS, RURAL ROADS, ROUTE, TRANSPORT POLICY, RADIO, MODAL SHIFT, INFRASTRUCTURE, PERSONAL TRAVEL, BUSES, MAIN ROADS, BUS, INITIATIVES, TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT, POLICIES, COST–BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CARS, INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION, ACCESSIBILITY, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POPULATION DENSITY, MAINTENANCE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, TOLL ROADS, STATE HIGHWAYS, DEMAND FOR MOBILITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, ROAD PROJECTS, HIGHWAYS, ROAD LENGTH, SURVEYS, SCHOOL BUS, BRIDGE, HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, MUNICIPAL ROAD, ROADS, CAR, CROSSING, NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, RAILWAYS, AVERAGE SPEED, PUBLIC BUS SERVICE, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, SHARING, LAND-USE PLANNING, TRANSPORT DEMAND, INVESTMENTS, INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN, SPEED, BUS USE, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD CONDITIONS, CULVERTS, TRANSPORT COSTS, ROAD TRANSPORT, TRAVEL TIME, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURES, AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME, SCHOOL BUSES, HISTORIC CITIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24416931/social-economic-impacts-rural-road-improvements-state-tocantins-brazil https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21860
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