Brazil
- Capital:
Brasília - Population:
201103330 - Size:
8511965.0 Km2
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- The BLDS print collection
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Browse all the latest print documents from the British Library of Development Studies...
- The BRICS and international peacebuilding and statebuilding
- O. Richmond; I. Tellidis / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2013
- The emergence of the BRICS has generated a renewed debate about peacebuilding and donor activity. This has slowly influenced the aims, norms and practices of international peacebuilding, statebuilding and development. There are subtle...
- DETERring deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: environmental monitoring and law enforcement
- J. Assunção; C. Gandour; R. Rocha / Climate Policy Initiative, 2013
- This study asks: which specific policy efforts contributed most to the reduction in Amazon deforestation? The paper, which evaluates the impact of monitoring on deforestation, focuses on DETER, a satellite-based system for real-time d...
- Brazil’s generous diplomacy: friendly dragon or paper tiger?
- R. Muggah; E. Passarelli Hamann / Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 2012
- Featuring a stable democracy and dizzying economic growth, Brazil is fast on the way to acquiring global power status. The country is investing in enhanced multilateral and bilateral relationships as a means of leveraging trade and re...
- The policy climate
- Climate Policy Initiative, 2013
- This report offers an overview of climate change policy issues across the world. It focuses on: 1) Brazil, China, India, Europe and the United States, which represent the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions but vary widely in ...
- From manual to mechanical harvesting: reducing environmental impacts and increasing cogeneration potential
- P. Ninô de Carvalho (ed) / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- The pre-harvest burning of sugarcane leaves is a common practice that enables manual pickers to collect the crop quickly, suffering less personal injury. The burning process, however, has negative impacts on the environment, on human ...
- Providing development aid to Africa : comparing South Africa with China, India and Brazil
- E. N. Tjonneland / South African Foreign Policy Initiative, 2013
- South Africa’s planned development aid agency, South African Development Partnership Agency, is expected to be established in 2013. This provides a good opportunity to assess South Africas current role as provider of development ...
- What next for the BRICS Bank?
- N. Watson; M. Younis; S. Spratt / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- A new development bank to be created by the ‘Rising Powers’ of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is intended to promote greater cooperation between developing countries, and address what is seen by many...
- Tried and tested: learning from farmers on adaptation to climate change
- H. Reid / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- Small-scale farmers and pastoralists knowledge and experience of coping with climatic extremes and uncertainty has been largely overlooked in climate change adaptation planning efforts. This paper draws lessons from this wealth of kno...
- Attribution of CO2 emissions from Brazilian deforestation to consumers between 1990 and 2010
- J. Karstensen / IOPscience, 2013
- Efforts to reduce deforestation to mitigate climate change and to conserve biodiversity are taking place on a global scale. While many studies have estimated the emissions occurring from deforestation, few have quantified the domestic...
- The second-image reversed and climate policy: how international influences helped changing Brazil’s positions on climate change
- S. Kasa 2013
- International climate policy is increasingly characterised by the growing involvement of developing countries. In addition to a stronger willingness to participate in global mitigation efforts, there are many examples of domestic miti...
- Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
- A non-profit, independent research, policy and outreach organisation working towards achieving sustainable development in the Amazon region
- The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap)
- The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) is a human sciences think tank, with special focus on Brazilian issues. Research areas cover: Culture and Politics Developmental and Labor Studies Environmental Conflicts History Law and Democracy Philosophy and Politics Politics and So...
- Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade (RePEc)
- Open access journal on education and research in accounting.
- Global Land Project (GLP)
- The Global Land Project is a joint research project for land systems for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP).
- Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association) (ABIA)
- Fundada em 1987, a Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA) é uma organização não-governamental sem fins lucrativos. Desde o início, a ABIA procurou mobilizar a sociedade para enfrentar a epidemia de HIV/AIDS no Brasil para a luta por acesso a tratamento e assistência e na defesa dos direitos humanos das pessoas que vivem com HIV...
- National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economics, Brazil (ANPEC)
- National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economics of Brazil
- Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE)
- Global dynamics of agribusiness, bioenergy and international trade in Brazil
- Ibmec São Paulo
- Brazilian academic research institute
- The Reference Center on Environmental Information (CRIA) (CRIA)
- The Reference Center on Environmental Information, CRIA, is commited to the dissemination of scientific and technological information and the promotion of education with a view of contributing towards a more sustainable use of Brazil's natural resources. The aim of CRIA is the dissemination of electronic information as a tool for the organization of the scientific and technological...
- Theatre of the Oppressed
- Theatre for the socially disadvantaged
