Brazil's Infrastructure Project Life Cycles: From Planning to Viability

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative and Inter.B analyzes infrastructure planning in Brazil, specifically within the land transport sector. It argues that current processes fail to integrate socio-environmental factors and recommends the introduction of a 'pre-viability' phase to improve project selection and prioritization, alongside a planning strategy that prioritizes sustainable development and the protection of the Amazon.

• The existing planning process for infrastructure, particularly in land transport, does not sufficiently integrate socio-environmental elements when selecting projects.
• The authors propose adding a 'pre-viability' phase between the planning and viability analysis stages for large-scale greenfield infrastructure projects. This phase would serve as a filter to prevent an automatic transition between planning and viability, ensuring only viable projects proceed and helping to prioritize the existing project portfolio.
• The Brazilian National Development Strategy (Estratégia Federal de Desenvolvimento para o Brasil – EFD) is characterized as a medium-term strategy rather than a long-term one due to its eleven-year duration. Furthermore, its general targets and indices may be insufficient to tackle critical problems like deforestation.
• There is a need for a planning strategy based on a sustainable development model that specifically addresses the future of the Amazon and other biomes, recognizing the Amazon's role as the world's largest tropical forest and a provider of essential ecosystem services.
• Brazil's infrastructure is lacking in both quality and quantity compared to global standards, which results in lower economic growth potential, reduced productivity, and increased production costs.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2020). Brazil's Infrastructure Project Life Cycles: From Planning to Viability. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/brazils-infrastructure-project-life-cycles-from-planning-to-viability-creation-of-a-new-phase-may-increase-project-quality/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Brazil's Infrastructure Project Life Cycles: From Planning to Viability. 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/brazils-infrastructure-project-life-cycles-from-planning-to-viability-creation-of-a-new-phase-may-increase-project-quality/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2020brazils, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Brazil's Infrastructure Project Life Cycles: From Planning to Viability}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/brazils-infrastructure-project-life-cycles-from-planning-to-viability-creation-of-a-new-phase-may-increase-project-quality/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }