Busting the boom-bust pattern of development in the Brazilian Amazon

There has been a significant increase in the Human Development Index in the Brazilian Amazon.

“and a significant increase in the Human Development Index (HDI) (Caviglia-Harris et al., 2016).”

The results obtained with socio-economic data at census sector level confirm the analysis of Weinhold et al. (2015) and Caviglia-Harris et al. (2016) at municipal level.

“The results we obtained with socio-economic data at census sector level thus confirm the analysis of Weinhold et al. (2015) and Caviglia-Harris et al. (2016) at municipal level.”

Caviglia-Harris et al. (2016) asserted that socio-economic welfare has become decoupled from environmental factors and is converging to rising national averages.

“Caviglia-Harris et al. (2016) asserted that socio-economic welfare has become decoupled from environmental factors and is converging to rising national averages.”

In 2010, the inverted U-shaped curve is typical of an environmental Kuznets curve and illustrates a decoupling between deforestation and socio-economic development in the Brazilian Amazon.

“In 2010, the inverted U-shaped curve is typical of an EKC and illustrates a decoupling between deforestation and socio-economic development in the Brazilian Amazon as also expressed by Caviglia-Harris et al. (2016).”

Rents from past deforestation were reinvested in physical, human and natural capital, replacing forest resources to sustain economic growth.

“rents resulting from past deforestation were reinvested in physical, human and natural capital so that forest resources were replaced by these other inputs to sustain economic growth ( Caviglia-Harris et al., 2016).”

In neoclassical growth theory, long-term growth rates depend on technical progress.

“In neoclassical growth theory, long-term growth rates depend on technical progress (Caviglia-Harris et al., 2016).”