FIRES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON: WHY DOES POLICY HAVE A LIMITED IMPACT?

Abstract The paper identifies the key factors limiting the effectiveness of current public policies to reduce Brazilian Amazon fires. Among them, (i) the dominant allocation of budget to fire suppression in detriment of prevention, (ii) the geographical limitation of the federal action and the reduced policy making capacity of states and municipalities, (iii) institutional insufficiencies and transaction costs related with fire use licensing, (iv) limited access to credit, market, labor and rural extension, constraints that block the diffusion of fire-free agriculture. It is recommended that policies be restructured to account for their cost and benefit and to include fire-dependent communities in their design and implementation. Progress in complementary socioeconomic policies is also needed.

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Does the Age at Which a Consumer Gets Their First Credit Matter? Credit Bureau Entry Age and First Credit Type Effects on Credit Score

FEDS Notes ◽

10.17016/2380-7172.2918 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (2918) ◽

Author(s):

Lucas Nathe ◽

Keyword(s):

Consumer Credit ◽

Credit Market ◽

Key Factors ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Credit Score ◽

Credit Scores ◽

Credit Bureau ◽

Entry Age

The consumer credit market plays a prominent role in the financial life of U.S. households. Consumers' credit histories and, in particular their credit scores, are key factors that determine their access to credit and the price at which they borrow.

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Design and implementation progress of multi-purpose simulator for nuclear research reactor using LabVIEW

Kerntechnik ◽

10.3139/124.110535 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 80 (5) ◽

pp. 454-464 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Arafa ◽

H. I. Saleh ◽

N. Ashoub

Keyword(s):

Research Reactor ◽

Nuclear Research ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Nuclear Research Reactor ◽

Implementation Progress

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Ecosystem protection and poverty alleviation in the tropics: Perspective from a historical evolution of policy-making in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecosystem Services ◽

10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.03.002 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 97-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Patricia Fernanda Pinho ◽

Genevieve Patenaude ◽

Jean P Ometto ◽

Patrick Meir ◽

Peter M Toledo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Policy Making ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Historical Evolution ◽

Ecosystem Protection ◽

The Tropics

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Access to Formal Credit in the Indian Agriculture: Does Caste matter?

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies ◽

10.1177/2394481118814064 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 169-195

Author(s):

Karthick V. ◽

Madheswaran S.

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Social Groups ◽

Critical Factor ◽

Credit Market ◽

Access To Resources ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Indian Agriculture ◽

Discrimination Coefficient ◽

Lower Castes

Access to resources and opportunities can be a critical factor in improving outcomes for disadvantaged groups. Improving access to financial resources, in particular, is widely acknowledged to facilitate upward economic and social mobility. Conversely, lack of access to resources for certain groups based on caste, class, gender and ethno-social identities can perpetuate inequalities. In this context, this paper attempts to analyse the access to credit by social groups and decomposes the gross credit differentials using Oaxaca-blinder decomposition method using unit-level data from the All India Debt and Investment Survey, NSSO, 2013. The descriptive analysis clearly shows that there is a significant credit differential between forward caste (FC) and other social groups (SC, ST and OBC). Access to credit varies across social groups based on many factors. The decomposition result indicates that the discrimination coefficient against SC is 49per cent which explains that SCs are being discriminated by 49 per cent compared to FCs in the formal credit market. In case of ST, the discrimination coefficient against is 61per cent and for OBC it is 48per cent. Interestingly, the endowment difference is less among ST (38per cent) compared to SC and OBC (around 51 per cent). Also, the FC treatment advantage (benefit of being a FC in the credit market) is 5.7 per cent whereas the cost of being an SC in the credit market (treatment disadvantage) is 35.1 per cent. As expected, the disadvantage component for ST and OBC is 33.1 per cent and 17.8 per cent respectively. Thus, we see that although programmes, schemes and policies to promote the economic empowerment of lower castes through finance have been implemented on a large scale since the 1990s, they have not been very effective.

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Does access to finance improve household welfare?

Investment Management and Financial Innovations ◽

10.21511/imfi.13(2).2016.08 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 76-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hao Manh Quach

Keyword(s):

Household Head ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Economic Welfare ◽

Key Factors ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Capita Expenditure ◽

Food Expenditure ◽

Capita Food ◽

Per Capita ◽

Positive Effect

In this paper, the author develops an econometric framework to analyze the effect of access to credit on the economic welfare of households in Vietnam. The findings confirm that household credit contributes positively and significantly to the economic welfare of households in terms of per capita expenditure, per capita food expenditure and per capita non-food expenditure. The positive effect of credit on household economic welfare is observed regardless of whether they are poor or better-off households. The author also finds that credit has a greater positive effect on the economic welfare of poorer households and finds that the age of the household head, the household size, land ownership, and savings and the availability of credit at village level are key factors that affect household borrowing. Some policy implications are drawn

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MOTIVASI KEWIRAUSAHAAN PETANI PADI ORGANIK DI KABUPATEN BANTUL

SEPA Jurnal Sosial Ekonomi Pertanian dan Agribisnis ◽

10.20961/sepa.v12i1.14194 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Nur Ratmawati ◽

Triyono Triyono ◽

Sriyadi Sriyadi

Keyword(s):

Credit Market ◽

Business Environment ◽

Survey Method ◽

Individual Factors ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Rice Farmers ◽

Organic Rice ◽

Interview Survey ◽

The Government ◽

The Individual

The improvement of farmers’ welfare, especially rice farmers require efforts to improve the ability of farmers to produce quality products and which is competitive. An effort that can be done is to increase the motivation of entrepreneur communities through organic farming which can be expected to ensure the preservation of the environment for sustainable production, achieve food security at the same time improving the welfare of people that having quality.This research aims to identify the motivation of entrepreneur farmers and the individual factors and the influence of environments. The study was conducted by interview survey method on organic rice farmers, then it was analyzed by descriptive and regression analysis. The results showed that the general motivation of entrepreneur farmers is strong enough. Factors that influence entrepreneurmotivation is the business environment; access to credit, market orientation, a network of cooperation and support from the government as well as individual factors, namely education.

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Big Data, Semantics, and Policy-Making

Big Data Governance and Perspectives in Knowledge Management - Advances in Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer, and Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7077-6.ch007 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 154-178

Author(s):

Lamyaa El Bassiti

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Big Data ◽

Policy Making ◽

Policy Design ◽

Semantic Technologies ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Policy Choices ◽

Data Semantics ◽

Policy Argument

At the heart of all policy design and implementation, there is a need to understand how well decisions are made. It is evidently known that the quality of decision making depends significantly on the quality of the analyses and advice provided to the associated actors. Over decades, organizations were highly diligent in gathering and processing vast amounts of data, but they have given less emphasis on how these data can be used in policy argument. With the arrival of big data, attention has been focused on whether it could be used to inform policy-making. This chapter aims to bridge this gap, to understand variations in how big data could yield usable evidence, and how policymakers can make better use of those evidence in policy choices. An integrated and holistic look at how solving complex problems could be conducted on the basis of semantic technologies and big data is presented in this chapter.

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Students' Acceptance of Mobile Learning

Mobile Devices in Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1757-4.ch022 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 354-373

Author(s):

Xiaoqing Li

Keyword(s):

Mobile Learning ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Learning Systems ◽

Mobile Users ◽

Learning Approach ◽

Key Factors ◽

Mobile Learn ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Research Findings ◽

Key Issues

With the rapid development of telecommunications, mobile learning is appearing as a promising learning approach for students to learn anytime anywhere. However, many key issues regarding the design and implementation of mobile learning are still unclear. This research investigates key factors leading to the acceptance of mobile learning based on students' use of Blackboard Mobile Learn. The research findings will help instructors to design courses for mobile users and system developers to design better mobile learning systems.

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The policy capacity of political parties in Canada

Policy Analysis in Canada ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447334910.003.0012 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 257-274

Author(s):

Greg Flynn ◽

Marguerite Marlin

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Government Policy ◽

Policy Making ◽

Election Campaign ◽

Limited Impact ◽

Policy Capacity ◽

Policy Choices ◽

Party Members

Political parties and their members are often viewed as having limited impact on government policy choices. However, prior research shows that both sets of actors devote considerably more time and resources to policy-related activities than this view would suggest. We examine the policy capacity of parties and their members to influence policy-making in Canada over the course of the last decade. We focus on the ability of party members to have their policy wishes included in election campaign manifestos and the extent to which the 2008 and 2011 federal Conservative governments were able to fulfill their campaign commitments in a highly challenging policy capacity environment. Consistent with prior studies on previous Conservative and Liberal governments, this examination demonstrates that while governments face a number of influences on their policy choices, the policy wishes of party members and the election campaign policy commitments of parties have a significant influence.

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