report on case study understanding development mircle: china
Brazil Case Study
Analysis of National Strategies for Sustainable Development
This document is one of 19 country case studies that form the knowledge base for a synthesis report entitled “National Strategies for Sustainable Development: Challenges, Approaches, and Innovations Based on a 19-country Analysis.” The synthesis report and country case studies are available electronically at:
http://www.iisd.org/ measure/capacity/sdsip.asp http://www.gtz.de/rioplus/download June 2004
Notice to Reader
Information in the country case studies was obtained primarily from publicly available sources (e.g.,
Internet and literature sources) and, where possible, was supplemented through interviews with government officials. The information was up-to-date as of May 2004. Every effort was made to ensure that official national sustainable development focal point contacts had the opportunity to provide feedback on the research, but such contacts were not successful in all cases. This case study is in an unedited, working paper format.
These case studies are made publicly available to add to the national sustainable development strategy knowledge base. The project’s research partners accept responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions.
The views expressed in this working paper do not necessarily represent the views of the funding partners.
The research partners welcome your comments on this country case study. Please e-mail comments to
Darren Swanson at dswanson@iisd.ca.
This National Sustainable Development Strategy research project is a collaborative effort. Its research partners are the International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD), the Canadian consulting firm Stratos Inc., and the Environmental Policy
Research Centre of the Freie Universität Berlin (FFU). The study has been funded by
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ; commissioned by the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ),
Analysis of National Strategies for Sustainable Development
This document is one of 19 country case studies that form the knowledge base for a synthesis report entitled “National Strategies for Sustainable Development: Challenges, Approaches, and Innovations Based on a 19-country Analysis.” The synthesis report and country case studies are available electronically at:
http://www.iisd.org/ measure/capacity/sdsip.asp http://www.gtz.de/rioplus/download June 2004
Notice to Reader
Information in the country case studies was obtained primarily from publicly available sources (e.g.,
Internet and literature sources) and, where possible, was supplemented through interviews with government officials. The information was up-to-date as of May 2004. Every effort was made to ensure that official national sustainable development focal point contacts had the opportunity to provide feedback on the research, but such contacts were not successful in all cases. This case study is in an unedited, working paper format.
These case studies are made publicly available to add to the national sustainable development strategy knowledge base. The project’s research partners accept responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions.
The views expressed in this working paper do not necessarily represent the views of the funding partners.
The research partners welcome your comments on this country case study. Please e-mail comments to
Darren Swanson at dswanson@iisd.ca.
This National Sustainable Development Strategy research project is a collaborative effort. Its research partners are the International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD), the Canadian consulting firm Stratos Inc., and the Environmental Policy
Research Centre of the Freie Universität Berlin (FFU). The study has been funded by
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ; commissioned by the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – BMZ),
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