| Title | Balancing Agricultural Development and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Cattaneo, A. |
| ContactAuthor | asb@cgiar.org; a.cattaneo@cgiar.org |
| Pagination | 158 |
| Institution | International Food Policy Research Institute Washington, D.C. |
| City | Washington, D.C. |
| Report Number | 129 |
| Keywords | Agriculture, Brazil, Degradation, devaluation, economic, loggin, natural resources, poverty |
| Abstract | This report identifies the links between the agricultural and logging sectors, economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in the Brazilian Amazon. It considers the effects of currency devaluation, building roads and other infrastructure, property rights, adoption of technological change, and fiscal incentives and disincentives to deforest. |
| URL | http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/abstract/129/rr129.pdf |
