Using a mixed-method approach of econometric and ethnographic field research, this article examines the social and economic costs and benefits of increases in soybean production in the Brazilian Amazon. Statistical analysis suggests that increased soy production both reduces poverty indicators...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Deforestation and development -- Structure of the book -- 2 Development of the Brazilian Amazon -- The geographic focus: the Brazilian Legal Amazonia --...