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Rare Earth Frontiers : From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes / by Klinger, Julie Michelle, 1983-

Subjects: “…Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning. bicssc 143044…”
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Dependent convergence the struggle to control petrochemical hazards in Brazil and the United States / by Siqueira, C. Eduardo (Carlos Eduardo), 1955-

Subjects: “…Petroleum chemicals industry Environmental aspects Texas.…”
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Sophisticated interdependence in climate policy : federalism in the United States, Brazil, and Germany / by Thomson, Vivian E., 1956-

“…Anthem environment and sustainability…”
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In Search of the Amazon : Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region / by Garfield, Seth, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Border and progress : the Amazon and the estado novo -- "The quicksands of untrustworthy supply" : U.S. rubber dependency and the lure of the Amazon -- Rubber's "soldiers" : reinventing the Amazonian worker -- The environment of northeastern migration to the Amazon : landscapes, labor, and love -- War in the Amazon : struggles over resources and images -- Epilogue: From wartime soldiers to green guerrillas.…”
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The investment climate in Brazil, India, and South Africa a comparison of approaches for sustaining economic growth in emerging economies /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Assessing the investment climate of Brazil, India, and South Africa -- Macroeconomic and trade policy -- Macroeconomic performance -- Taxation -- Foreign trade and exchange -- The benefits of exporting : the case of Brazil -- Microeconomic framework -- Regulation -- Enforcement -- Enabling environment for growth -- Investment climate and firm location -- Access to finance -- Physical infrastructure -- Cost and availability of skilled labor -- Crime -- Potential reforms and their estimated effects -- Investment climate reform and productivity -- Examining options for microeconomic reform : access to credit -- Lessons from country experience -- A flat tax for micro and small firms : the SIMPLES reform in Brazil -- The emergence of India's software sector -- Building a respected corporate tax system in South Africa -- South Africa's accelerated and shared growth initiative -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Concept of the investment climate --Appendix B: Data sources.…”
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Persistence of Good Living : A’uwe Life Cycles and Well-Being in the Central Brazilian Cerrados / by Welch, James R.

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Big Water : The Making of the Borderlands Between Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay /

Table of Contents: “…Jesuit Missions and the Guarani Ethnogenesis: Political Interactions, Indigenous Actors, and Regional Networks on the Southern Frontier of the Iberian Empires / Guillermo Wilde -- Part II. Environment -- 3. Crossing Borders: Immigration and Transformation of Landscapes in Misiones Province, Argentina, and Southern Brazil / Eunice Sueli Nodari -- 4. …”
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Exotic Nations : Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830–1930 / by Wasserman, Renata R. Mautner (Renata Ruth Mautner), 1941-

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