Schneider, Robert R

Government and the economy on the amazon frontier / Robert R Schneider - Washington, D.C. The World Bank 1995 - 62 p.

GOVERNMENT, EQUITY, AND STABILITY ON THE AMAZON FRONTIER. Review of recent evidence on farming and ranching in the Amazon. Limited role of official incentives. Reasonably good success. THE DETERMINANTS OF FRONTIER INSTABILITY. Cheap land and nutrient mining. Imediatismo and high interest rates. The sell out effect. GOVERNMENT ARRIVES. Emerged government. Sustainability and the role of government on the frontier. Imposed and transplanted government.

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