Documentos e informes
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Strengthening environmental institutions and governance : what should be the role of the World Bank Group? (Inglés)
In order to inform the 2010 Strategy, and suggest what role the World Bank Group (WBG) can realistically play in strengthening environmental institutions and governance, this paper takes stock of WBG operations...
Tipo de documento: Otro estudio sobre medio ambiente Número del informe: 70219 Fecha del documento: 3 de noviembre de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Mcintosh,Melanie Eltz,Narain,Urvashi,Orfie, Alessandro,Schneider,Robert R.
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Análise econômica do biodiesel no Brasil (Portugués)
This study of the economic analysis of bio-diesel in Brazil posits a series of searching questions re the influence of bio-diesel on the economic, social and environmental relations of Brazil: What is...
Número del informe: 72073 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Diewald,Christoph,Johnson,Todd M.,Schneider,Robert R.
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Sustainable Amazon - limitations and opportunities for rural development (Inglés)
The report contributes to the debate surrounding land use in the Brazilian Amazon. It sets the context by reviewing the evidence concerning the deleterious effect of increasing levels of rainfall on agricultural...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: WTP515 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2002 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arima,Eugenio,Barreto,Paulo Goncalves,Schneider,Robert R.,Souza, Carlos, Jr.,Verissimo,Adalberto
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Amazonia sustentavel : limitantes e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento rural (Portugués)
The report contributes to the debate surrounding land use in the Brazilian Amazon. It sets the context by reviewing the evidence concerning the deleterious effect of increasing levels of rainfall on agricultural...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 31196 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2000 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arima,Eugenio,Barreto,Paulo Goncalves,Schneider,Robert R.,Souza Junior, Carlos,Verissimo,Adalberto
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Reviewing the challenges for the pilot program (Inglés)
Implementation of the Pilot Program is firmly under way. Solid project implementation performance is essential. In the long run, however, the benefits of the Pilot Program will be measured by knowledge...
Tipo de documento: Boletín informativo Número del informe: 21898 Fecha del documento: 31 de octubre de 1995 Autor: Schneider,Robert R.
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Analisando os Desafios do Programa Piloto (Portugués)
Implementation of the Pilot Program is firmly under way. Solid project implementation performance is essential. In the long run, however, the benefits of the Pilot Program will be measured by knowledge...
Tipo de documento: Boletín informativo Número del informe: 18614 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 1995 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Schneider,Robert R.
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Government and the economy on the Amazon frontier (Inglés)
This report illuminates the special characteristics of the overall political-economic context confronting governments on the Amazon frontier as the current pattern of development often results in violent...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 14987 Fecha del documento: 31 de agosto de 1995 Autor: Schneider,Robert R.
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Government and the economy on the Amazon frontier (Inglés)
This report illuminates the special characteristics of the overall political-economic context confronting governments on the Amazon Frontier as the current pattern of development often results in violent...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental Número del informe: 13097 Fecha del documento: 31 de mayo de 1994 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Schneider,Robert R.
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The potential for trade with the Amazon in greenhouse gas reduction (Inglés)
The growing worldwide interest in the problems of global warming, and the emission of greenhouse gases, has led to a search for innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. International trade, based on...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 19861 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1993 Autor: Schneider,Robert R.
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Sustainability, yield loss and "Imediatismo" : choice of technique at the frontier (Inglés)
This note questions why sustainable development models are not being adopted widely, for, only few examples of sustainable, Amazon frontier resource management, can be identified, with barely, few extractive...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 19860 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1993 Autor: Schneider,Robert R.,Platais,Gunars H.,Rosenblatt,David,Webb,Maryla B.
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Land abandonment, property rights, and agricultural sustainability in the Amazon (Inglés)
This note reviews evidence on the economic viability of new settlers in the Amazon region, and examines data on characteristics of early vs. new settlements, farm turnover, and land abandonment. The first...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 19819 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1993 Autor: Schneider,Robert R.