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 settlement, and productivity. Next, it compares the economic future of an Amazonian...

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 settlement, and productivity. Next, it compares the economic future of an Amazonian...

The investors’ market for structured investment products has traversed an impressive evolution during the last fifteen years. The diversity of the offerings reached previously unimaginable dimensions: Structured products are being composed by traditional investment products like fixed income...

Kundinnen und Kunden kommunizieren, kaufen und teilen Produkte und Dienstleistungen über digitale Plattformen, in denen technische Möglichkeiten zur Präsentation sensorischer Elemente im Normalfall auf visuelle, akustische und schriftliche Elemente begrenzt sind. Um das sensorische...

This paper provides new empirical results regarding the demand and supply of title, its impact on land value, and its effects on agricultural investment on Brazilian frontiers. We use survey data from 1992 and 1993 from the state of Par with data on the characteristics of the settlers, land...

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 in this area since the 2001 Strategy. Looking across the spectrum of lending and...

This paper provides new empirical results regarding the demand and supply of title, its impact on land value, and its effects on agricultural investment on Brazilian frontiers. We use survey data from 1992 and 1993 from the state of Par with data on the characteristics of the settlers, land...

Kundinnen und Kunden kommunizieren, kaufen und teilen Produkte und Dienstleistungen über digitale Plattformen, in denen technische Möglichkeiten zur Präsentation sensorischer Elemente im Normalfall auf visuelle, akustische und schriftliche Elemente begrenzt sind. Um das sensorische...