Abstract:This paper analyzes the rural development of Brazilian Amazon municipalities in the decade 2000-2010 based on an analysis of the Rural Development Indexes (RDI) calculated for 449 municipalities. The index calculation takes into account demographic, social/welfare, environmental and economic dimensions. The results showed that only 47.88% of the municipalities had rural development levels superior to the regional average. The study identified a high degree of heterogeneity in the intraregional distribution of … Show more
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