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Green Cities : Cities and Climate Change in Brazil

World Bank - 2013

Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in Brazil masks the fact that emissions from other sectors, like Energy, Transport and Waste, are growing quite rapidly in cities....

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Examining the growth patterns of Brazilian cities

Da Mata, Daniel - 2005

"The share of urban population in Brazil increased from 58 to 80 percent between 1970 and 2000 and all net population growth over the next 30 years is predicted to be in cities. This paper explores population growth and its implications for economic dynamics and income generation among 123 urban...

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Determinants of city growth in Brazil

Da Mata, Daniel - 2005

"The authors examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. They consider a model of a city that combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures. For the empirical analysis, the authors construct a dataset of 123 Brazilian...

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Vietnam Urbanization Review : Technical Assistance Report

World Bank - 2012

As Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the … Urbanization Review is dedicated to understanding the key dimensions and aspects of Vietnam's urbanization process and to … realize its objective. The Vietnam Urbanization Review was prepared following extensive consultations with various …

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Brazil - S??o Paulo : Inputs for a Sustainable Competitive City Strategy, Volume 2. Background Report

World Bank - 2012

Through an analysis of selected topics, this study aims to offer inputs for a successful recovery strategy for the city and the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo (MSRP) in Brazil. The study first presents an analysis of the underlying factors of the economic transition in the MRSP, highlighting...

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Principles and Practice of Ecologically Sensitive Urban Planning and Design : An Application to the City of Hai Phong, Vietnam

World Bank - 2012

Urbanization, which is almost completed now in developed countries and even in Latin America, is now proceeding in much … lifestyles and increasingly also living in urban regions. The forms that urbanization is taking in the developing countries …

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Investment strategies for agricultural and natural resources : investing in knowledge for development

Persley, Gabrielle J. (ed.) - 1998

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Structural change and poverty reduction in Brazil : the impact of the DOHA round

Mauricio - 2006

"Over the medium time horizon, skill upgrading, differentials in sectoral technological progress, and migration of labor out of farming activities are some of the major structural adjustment factors shaping the evolution of an economy and its connected poverty trends. The main focus of the...

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From inside Brazil : development in a land of contrasts

Thomas, Vinod - 2006

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Inequality and economic development in Brazil

2004

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