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improving the status of the poorest groups in Brazil's population. Because of data limitations, the focus is primarily on pre …
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structured to move from a general description of Brazil's transportation sector to more specific analyses and simulations of … individual and concerted changes. The first chapter sets the stage by providing a summary discussion of Brazil's transportation …
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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 … forestry) is significant and not yet sufficiently explored. Brazil currently counts with 30 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM …
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(Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico), net oil exporters (Venezuela and Ecuador), and net oil importers (Dominican Republic …
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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 … inadequate data to accurately model projected climate challenges facing Brazil. The report concludes that key integrated and …
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"The authors describe the main trends of Brazil's fiscal policy during the past decade and analyze (1) the ability to … Brazil. But the relationship is nonlinear: the impact of the primary balance on spreads is amplified as the debt ratio … disappointing growth performance in Brazil during the past decade. "--World Bank web site …
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"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development...
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"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...
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