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  Water tariff increase in Manaus (Brazil): an evaluation of the impact on households

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006

  Since 2000, water and sanitation services in Manaus, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, have been managed by a private operator.
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  Renewable energy technologies in developing countries: lessons from Mauritius, China and Brazil

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2006

  Although the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could see billions of dollars invested in the development of renewable energies in developing countries, this report argues that successful development of viable markets in renewable technologies is highly dependent on context-specific factors.This report looks at the context-specific factors behind the success of three renewable energy development
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  Why ignore tropical deforestation?: a proposal for including forest conservation in the Kyoto Protocol

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This paper argues that though greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are the principal causes of global warming, tropical deforestation is responsible for 20 to 25 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.
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  A capability centred approach to environmental sustainability: is productive employment the missing link between micro- and macro policies?

  WebEc World Wide Web Resources in Economics, 2006

  The central premise of this paper is that there is a strong synergy between economic, social and environmental interventions. Focusing development analysis and policy on merely increasing income and material wealth is misguided, as standards of living are also determined by access to social services and the health and sustainability of the environment.
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  Growing exports: the Brazilian tropical timber industry and international markets

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This study investigates how plans by the Brazilian government to more than double its share of the global timber market can be achieved, The Government plans to improve the quantity of sustainably managed forest in private areas and to increase exports from sustainable sources from 5% to 30% by 2010Nine areas of concern which require urgent attention are highlighted: better business pr
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  Financing energy efficiency: lessons from recent experience with a focus on Brazil, China and India

  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006

  Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and climate.
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  Small and medium forest enterprise in Brazil

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This study, part of the Small-Medium Forestry Enterprises for Poverty Reduction and Sustainability project, assesses the opportunities and constraints being faced by the Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) in Brazil.
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  Freshwater and poverty reduction: serving people, saving nature - an economic analysis of the livelihood impacts of freshwater conservation initiatives

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005

  Using four case studies, this report analyses how better management of freshwater resources contributes to the improvement of livelihoods of poor local communities.
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  Inter-linkages approach for wetland management: the case of the Pantanal wetland

  United Nations University, 2004

  This report discusses the so called inter-linkages approach for wetland management, as to enable the creation of a regional framework for the management of the Pantanal wetland in south America.
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  Brazil’s electricity market design: an assessment

  Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2002

  In 2001 Brazil’s electricity industry experienced a major crisis. Due to a supply shortage, electricity rationing was introduced; unclear delineation of responsibilities led to major lawsuits which brought the market into complete disarray.

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