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Economic Development without Pre-Requisites: How Bolivian Producers Met Strict Food Safety Standards and Dominated the Global Brazil-Nut Market

Coslovsky, Salo V. - In: World Development 54 (2014) C, pp. 32-45

Brazilian firms used to dominate the brazil nut (BN) market to such an extent that the product still carries the …

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Bridging the gap between small firms and investors to promote investments for green innovation in developing countries: two cases in Brazil

Oliveira, Jose Antonio Puppim de - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 4, pp. 259-276

article analyses the obstacles to make partnerships happen between two small firms and sustainable foreign investors in Brazil …

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Individual Microcredit and Social Pressure

Jaunaux, Laure; Venet, Baptiste - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009

The purpose of this article is to analyse the efficiency of the repayment incentive mechanisms used for individual microcredit, the guarantor mechanism in particular. Little academic research has been devoted to this instrument whereas it is very frequently used. Churchill (1999) notably...

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Maternal age at first birth and adolescent education in Brazil

Marteleto, Leticia; Dondero, Molly - In: Demographic Research 28 (2013) 28, pp. 793-820

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The Changing Impact of Family Size on Adolescents’ Schooling: Assessing the Exogenous Variation in Fertility Using Twins in Brazil

Marteleto, Letícia; Souza, Laetícia - In: Demography 49 (2012) 4, pp. 1453-1477

children’s education in Brazil over a 30-year period marked by important social and demographic change, and across extremely …

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Who blames corruption for the poor enforcement of environmental laws? Survey evidence from Brazil

Aklin, Michaël; Bayer, Patrick; Harish, S.; … - In: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 16 (2014) 3, pp. 241-262

public opinion do not address the issue. We analyze data from a survey fielded in Brazil in June 2012, immediately preceding …

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WSSD 2002, Latin America and Brazil: Biodiversity and Indigenous People

Begossi, Alpina; Ávila-pires, Fernando Dias de - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 5 (2003) 1, pp. 179-195

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Grievances, agency and the absence of conflict: The new Suzano pulp investment in the Eastern Amazon

Kröger, Markus - In: Forest Policy and Economics 33 (2013) C, pp. 28-35

pulp mill in Imperatriz in the remote state of Maranhão, Eastern Amazon. This investment will further consolidate Brazil …

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Linking Forest Tenure Reform, Environmental Compliance, and Incentives: Lessons from REDD+ Initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon

Duchelle, Amy E.; Cromberg, Marina; Gebara, Maria Fernanda - In: World Development 55 (2014) C, pp. 53-67

Pervasive tenure insecurity in developing countries is a key challenge for REDD+. Brazil, a leader in REDD+, has …

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Microfinance and Gender: Is There a Glass Ceiling on Loan Size?

Agier, Isabelle; Szafarz, Ariane - In: World Development 42 (2013) C, pp. 165-181

Most of the customers of microfinance institutions are female. But do men and women benefit from the same credit conditions? We investigate this issue by presenting an original model and testing its predictions on an exceptional database comprising 34,000 loan applications from a Brazilian...

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