Brazil
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Brazil’s Environmental Downturn: A Tale of Many Cattle
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On September 28, Brazil’s National Environment Council (CONAMA), led by the Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, abolished Resolutions 302 and 303/2002. It established mangrove fields as Areas of Permanent Protection (APP). CONAMA will likely make a similar decision regarding the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland area located in southwest Brazil.…
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The Amazon in peril: The life and death of the world’s most diverse biome
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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s most extensively researched ecological zones. In addition to its rich biodiversity and economic importance to Brazil, the Amazon is also one of the largest land-based sinks of atmospheric carbon in the world. A significant body of ecological research regarding the Amazon focuses…
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How Organizational Changes Can Increase Competitiveness: Evidence from Brazil
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Productivity is a fundamental concept in business because it encompasses how employees, firms, and the economy as a whole efficiently transform their inputs into outputs. From the macroeconomic perspective, productivity is often analyzed using aggregate industry data in order to better understand the trends and drivers of economic growth. Likewise,…
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The Future of Conservation in the Amazon Rainforest
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You have been involved in environmental research and deforestation issues in the Amazon from the earliest stages of interest in this area. What was that like? The Amazon appeared on the radar screen about 25 to 30 years ago as something that Brazilians needed to understand and wanted to learn…
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Regulating Investments in Brazil: Too Much of a Good Thing?
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A Brazilian banking executive talks the business environment and overregulation in this up-and-coming nation.
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The Urban East
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The new Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook report looks at the international powerhouses of tomorrow
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Income Inequality Despite Economic Growth
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Emerging economies are facing the same type of income inequality that recent protests have highlighted in developed countries.
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Fuel of Uncertainty
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Biofuels are either essential to our energy independence and efforts to combat climate change or a boondoggle that threatens global food security. The World Bank’s Govinda R. Timilsina and Ashish Shrestha analyze this disconnect in “How Much Hope Should We Have for Biofuels?”, which weighs findings from dozens of studies…