planet. The Basin covers some 600 million hectares in nine countries, over half of which are located within Brazil's national … outside world. A variety of social and economic groups are also part of the rural landscape, including rubber-tappers, Brazil …

This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Brazil, with focus … on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. In Brazil, the 5th largest … emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, agriculture (including land use change and forestry) is the largest contributor to …

to analyze to what extent irrigated agriculture in this region has contributed to the reduction of poverty levels and … agriculture could be an effective strategy for boosting regional development, increasing exports and alleviating poverty in the …. Some key recommendations being proposed include the promotion of irrigated agriculture as a key strategy for regional …

contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is increasingly vulnerable to climate … next several decades, Brazil will need to significantly increase per area productivity of food and pasture systems while …This report evaluates the requirements for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture to guide policy …

"This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and … productivity. In both countries, and in a variety of industry groups, indicators of poor investment climate, especially delays in … owned firms and firms located in the east. In Brazil, the results present an interesting contrast between the apparel …

purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impacts of these changes in banking on total factor productivity. The authors first … obtain measures of bank level productivity by employing the techniques due to Levinsohn and Petrin (2003). They then relate … their private peers, and that privatization has increased productivity. "--World Bank web site …

More than 90 percent of the population in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop production has not kept up … with population growth during the last two decades is attributed to land degradation and productivity decline resulting in …