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The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain
We estimate the impact of Bolsa Família on a range of education outcomes, including school participation, grade progression, grade repetition, and dropout rates.
Land institutions, investments, and income diversification: Pathways to economic development for Brazil’s quilombo communities
Efforts to distribute land titles to low-income rural Afro-Brazilian communities, known as quilombos, have been disappointing despite the provision of ample government resources.
Productivity convergence in Brazil: The case of grain production
"In recent years, Brazil has become a considerable player in agricultural markets for a number of commodities. Such agricultural growth in Brazil has largely been the result of gains in productivity over the last several decades.
Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in Brazil
"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and regional income distribution in Brazil, using an interregional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and microsimulation model of Bra
Brazil
This paper is devoted to better understanding of the Brazilian agricultural national policies towards domestic support and implications related to WTO rules.
The future of global sugar markets
"Sugar is one of the most highly protected agricultural commodities worldwide. This protection depresses trade opportunities and the prices received by exporters without preferential market access.
A tale of two countries
"This paper examines differences in the spatial and temporal variations of rice yields in China and Brazil. Our analysis indicates that, in China, rice yields have converged over time and rice production has become increasingly homogeneous.