Title: The Brazilian recent infrastructure policies

Authors: Renata V. Klafke; Claudia Tania Picinin; Caroline Lievore; Luiz Alberto Pilatti

Addresses: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Ponta Grossa, Brazil, Av. Monteiro Lobato, s/n - Jardim Carvalho, Ponta Grossa - PR, 84016-210, Brazil ' Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Ponta Grossa, Brazil, Av. Monteiro Lobato, s/n - Jardim Carvalho, Ponta Grossa - PR, 84016-210, Brazil ' Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Ponta Grossa, Brazil, Av. Monteiro Lobato, s/n - Jardim Carvalho, Ponta Grossa - PR, 84016-210, Brazil ' Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Ponta Grossa, Brazil, Av. Monteiro Lobato, s/n - Jardim Carvalho, Ponta Grossa - PR, 84016-210, Brazil

Abstract: Investments in infrastructure provide an increase in the market value of the poor population's assets when their residence is served by sewage, water and telephone networks. They also allow each region to specialise in the economic activities for which they have the greatest vocation (agriculture, services, etc.), creating productivity gains and quality for the economy. In this sense, this short paper aims, through bibliographic research on SCOPUS database and on federal agencies websites, to highlight the main modes of transportation in Brazil and evaluate the amount of investment done in infrastructure in recent years in Brazil.

Keywords: infrastructure; transportation; investments; Brazil.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2018.094932

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2018 Vol.31 No.2, pp.167 - 177

Received: 02 May 2016
Accepted: 16 Mar 2017
Published online: 27 Sep 2018 *

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