Sustainable energy strategies require decision-makers in government, industry, academia and civil society alike to make choices among tradeoffs. Within the transport sector alone, ethanol has been shown to be the dominant solution among viable, low carbon options to date, yet questions remain...

This paper estimates the impact of an increase in Brazilian sugar and ethanol demand for exports upon the countries' overall production and employment. The impacts were simulated considering each of the major cane producing areas of the country (Center-South and North-Northeast). An...

Portuguese Abstract: Com a criação da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC), o comércio internacional do açúcar poderá experimentar reduções em barreiras protecionistas impostas por países desenvolvidos. Associado a isto, com a assinatura do Protocolo de Kyoto, tem-se uma expectativa...

Portuguese Abstract: Para estimar os impactos nos empregos da economia brasileira resultantes da substituição de gasolina C por etanol hidratado foi utilizada a Matriz Insumo-Produto (MIP) inter-regional considerando as regiões Norte-Nordeste, Centro-Sul e o Estado de São Paulo. Os...

Sustainable energy strategies require decision-makers in government, industry, academia and civil society alike to make choices among tradeoffs. Within the transport sector alone, ethanol has been shown to be the dominant solution among viable, low carbon options to date, yet questions remain...