Economic Boom or Ecologic Doom? by Alvaro Federico Barra
Economic Boom or Ecologic Doom?

Economic Boom or Ecologic Doom?


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The natural endowment of the Democrat Republic of Congo, in the form of land, minerals, and forests, is unparalleled. The right mix of policies has the potential to unleash incentives that could transform the economy. However, transport infrastructure in the DRC is amongst the sparsest and most dilapidated in the world, and this lack of infrastructure is likely a significant constraint to growth. This work considerably advances the information that is available to infrastructure planners, and provides methodologies that could be used to make more informed decisions to identify trade-offs between economic growth and environmental endangerment. The approach draws from the state-of the art across a variety of disciplines - spatial (GIS) analysis, spatial econometrics, economic theory, and conservation biology - to create an approach that can guide the location and level of investments by estimating benefits and environmental costs at a highly disaggregated spatial scale. The analysis proceeds in four related phases that combine economic assessments with geospatial analysis. First transport costs are estimated using GIS techniques. A variety of econometric procedures are then used to determine the economic effects of changing transport costs. Second, highly disaggregated spatial data is used to estimate the effects of roads on forest cover, and the resulting biodiversity that would be at risk from local deforestation. Next the two spatial estimates are combined to simulate the effects of different policies. Finally this provides a series of maps that identify regions where there are large trade-offs between economic and ecological goals. Overall the results suggests that the siting of infrastructure needs to consider impacts at the very outset of the planning process. This report presents both new data and new techniques that can be used to identify areas of opportunity, risk, and potential for REDD+ financing. Such upstream planning has been rendered both feasible and cost effective with the availability of geo-referenced information on forest cover and economic data. This report provides the data and easily comprehensible maps for such an exercise.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781464808104
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: World Bank Publications
  • Depth: 13
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 277 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1464808104
  • Publisher Date: 31 May 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 249 mm
  • No of Pages: 100
  • Series Title: Directions in Development - Infrastructure
  • Sub Title: Using Spatial Analysis to Reconcile Road Development With Forest Conservation
  • Width: 173 mm


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