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    Amazon Watch

    Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organisations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial de
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    Reforestation and control of landslides in Macacos Hill, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    South South North, 2006
    The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when they do occur. Project activities will include: 1. Identifying critical points of erosion and deforestation in Macacos Hill;
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    CENTRO CLIMA / Centre for Integrated Studies on Climate Change and the Environment

    The centre specializes in the research and development of projects and scientific studies in the fields of Climate Change and the Environment, to support the institutional capacity building,
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    Project Idea Note: Pintadas Solar

    South South North, 2006
    The project takes place in the community of Pintadas, in the Bahia state of Brazil, which is suffering increasingly severe drought impacts linked to climate change.
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    The South South North Capacity Building Module on Poverty Reduction

    South South North, 2006
    The South South North network adopts a pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and sustainable development. This module incorporates the main approaches and provides a toolkit for practitioners wishing to implement mitigation and/or adaptation in communities in developing countries.
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    The impact of relative prices on welfare and inequality in Brazil 1995-2005

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This paper analyses the impact of relative prices on the evolution of welfare and inequality in Brazil from 1995 to 2005. The authors argue that:
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    Vitae Civilis

    Vitae Civilis is a Brazilian institute for development, environment and peace working to contribute to, and promote, sustainable societies.
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    Conditional cash transfers in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico: impacts on inequality

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This working paper examines whether Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes have had an inequality reducing effect in three Latin American countries: Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
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    Teacher labor markets in developing countries

    Future of Children, 2007
    Can the US learn from the experience of developing countries’ efforts to staff under-funded schools with quality teachers? This article summarises research into strategies used by developing countries to improve teaching and thereby improve student outcomes in schools serving poor populations.
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    Youth well-being in Brazil: an index for cross-regional comparisons

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    The Brazilian Youth Well-Being Index (YWI) is a single indicator of youth well-being that can be used to compare the situation of young people across regions of Brazil, as well as track progress over time.

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