Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Lessons Learned
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Keywords
urban transport systems; Latin America and the Caribbean; impact evaluation;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods
- R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAM-2018-10-29 (Central & South America)
- NEP-TRE-2018-10-29 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-URE-2018-10-29 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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