International public lending institutions and development in the Brazilian Amazonthe experience of the World Bank

Resumo

This paper deals with the experience of the World Bank as a public international lending institution, and the development of the Brazilian Amazon. The first major involvement of the World Bank in the Brazilian Amazon carne only in 1979 when the government requested financial assistance for a proposed program aimed at promoting the integrated development of the Northwest - a 410.000 km2 subregion of "Legal Amazonia". From 1979 to the present, the World Bank, with the cooperation of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has sent numerous technical teams to the proposed project area to assess the: region's development potential and to assist with the preparation of projects suitable for external financing. Reflecting the complexity of the development task in the Northwest, such teams have been composed of a wide variety of specialists including: economists, agronomists, ecologists, foresters, educators, public health specialists, transportation planners and engineers, anthropologists, sociologists and financial analysts.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

1982

Instituição

Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)

Fonte

Revista de Administração Pública

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/11306

Temas

Meio Ambiente