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A Modern Tragedy of the Non-Commons: Agro-Industrial Change and Equity in Brazil's Babassu Palm Zone
May, Peter H. - 1986
cover a large part of Maranhao, a state in Northeast Brazil. Over three hundred thousand landless peasant households derive …
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Economic uncertainty and divisive politics: evidence from the "dos Españas"
García-Uribe, Sandra; Mueller, Hannes; Sanz, Carlos
Este artículo utiliza las hemerotecas de dos periódicos para estimar el índice de incertidumbre sobre las políticas económicas —Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU)—en España en 1905-1945, un período de gran polarización política. Encontramos que el estallido de la Guerra Civil en 1936...
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The definition of rural area as a primary solution of its adequate development
Faltová Leitmanová, Ivana; Cudlínová, Eva; Jílek, Milan - 2012
The realistic approach to the rural development requires primarily a consensual definition of a rural area. The selection of tools to be applied and measures to be taken to influence rural areas as well as the setting up the institutional framework would be difficult without defining the object...
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Minangkabau rural markets : their system, roles and functions in the market community of West Sumatra
Effendi, Nursyirwan - 1999
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Clean development mechanism: Perspectives from developing countries
Sari, Agus P.; Meyers, Stephen - 2008
acceptance of CDM. The outgrowth of CDM from a proposal from Brazil to establish a Clean Development Fund gave developing …
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Conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps in India and Brazil
Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008
electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved … of avoided peak installed capacity is 6 and 9.5 times less than the cost of new installed capacity for India and Brazil … national savings of the order of US $1.2 million per day for India and US $2.5 million per day for Brazil are reached in 10 …
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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination
2009
Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania
Sathaye, J.; Makundi, W.; Andrasko, K.; Boer, R.; … - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030....
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Determinants of International Competitiveness: A Comparative Study of the Sugar Industry in Australia, Brazil, and the European Union
Banerjee, Shantanu - 2005
generates competitiveness. The dissertation employs a qualitative method of comparative analysis between Australia, Brazil and …
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