The paper provides historical perspectives on spatial economic inequalities in Brazil making
use of a database on Brazilian municipalities from 1872 to 2000. A suit of maps and graphs …

This paper analyzes the spatial dynamics of Brazilian regional inequalities between 1872
and 2000 using contemporary tools. The first part of the paper provides new estimates of …

This paper examines the spatial dimension to economic development in Brazil. The analysis
focuses on different theories of regional development, which provide a background against …

In this note we provide evidence on the importance of location for the growth of per capita
income of Brazilian states over the period 1985–2001. The study presents strong evidence …

This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which
occurred from the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and …

Regional inequality may hinder national development, which is disconcerting for Brazil as
one of the world's most unequal countries. This chapter compiles new and existing state …

Economic growth is not a uniform process through space. Within countries, some regions
grow more rapidly than others and these differences may result in poorer regions catching …

A central tendency in the literature concerns the attempt to understand why economic
activities tend to be geographically concentrated and how the bases of the local economies …

This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which
occurred from the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and …

The objective of the study is to identify the role of geographical variables in explaining
differences in per capita income among Brazilian states. It also aims at ascertaining the …