Redefinindo Prioridades dos Planos de Infraestrutura no Estado do Pará

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes the disparity between large-scale infrastructure projects and local quality-of-life infrastructure in the state of Pará, Brazil. It argues that the prioritization of logistics for commodity exports has neglected basic services such as sanitation, health, and education, particularly in low-density areas and regions surrounding planned major projects.

• Basic sanitation access is extremely poor across the state of Pará, with 52% of households lacking access to the water network—three times the national average. Regarding sewage, 69% of households dispose of waste inadequately, primarily through common pits (48%) or directly into watercourses (21%).
• Access to 4G mobile connectivity, high schools, and health centers is highly unequal and concentrated in large urban centers. Approximately 16.9% of the population (1.35 million people) lives 10km or more from the nearest 4G antenna, 21% (1.7 million people) live more than 10km from high schools, and 14% (1.13 million people) live more than 10km from health centers.
• Infrastructure for quality of life is particularly deficient in the areas of influence of four planned large-scale logistics projects: Ferrogrão, BR-230, BR-163, and BR-155/158. Residents in these areas have worse access to sanitation, 4G connectivity, schools, and health centers than the average resident of the state.
• The area of influence for the BR-230 project shows the most severe deficiencies, with over 90% of the resident population failing to collect sewage adequately—approximately 20 percentage points higher than the state average. Additionally, over half of this population lives more than 10km from 4G antennas, schools, and health centers.
• The report suggests that because small-scale quality-of-life projects rarely attract private capital compared to large export-oriented infrastructure, governments should use the compensations paid by large projects to fund local infrastructure improvements.

APA

Bragança, A., & Morais, M. (2022). Redefinindo Prioridades dos Planos de Infraestrutura no Estado do Pará. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Redefinindo-Prioridades-dos-Planos-de-Infraestrutura-no-Estado-do-Para.pdf

Chicago

Bragança, Arthur, and Mateus Morais. Redefinindo Prioridades dos Planos de Infraestrutura no Estado do Pará. Climate Policy Initiative, 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Redefinindo-Prioridades-dos-Planos-de-Infraestrutura-no-Estado-do-Para.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bragana2022redefinindo, author = {Bragança, Arthur and Morais, Mateus}, title = {{Redefinindo Prioridades dos Planos de Infraestrutura no Estado do Pará}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Redefinindo-Prioridades-dos-Planos-de-Infraestrutura-no-Estado-do-Para.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }