Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

This report identifies the links among economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in Brazil. It examines the effects of (1) a major devaluation of the Brazilian real (R$); (2) improvements of infrastructure in the Amazon to link it with the rest of Brazil and bordering co...

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Main Author:	Cattaneo, Andrea
Format:	Abstract
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2002
Subjects:	environmental degradation poverty alleviation economic growth infrastructure land tenure deforestation poverty natural resources management technological changes agriculture
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155595