PAST EVENT
Biofuel Production, Poverty Reduction and Private Sector Engagement: What Can We Learn from the Brazilian Experience?
Seminar
Series: Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
April 15, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.
| Speaker: | Daniele Cesano, Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School |
Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Description:
This talk will present the key factors that lead to the development of the Brazilian ethanol and biodiesel industries. Three on-going small scale projects have been analyzed from a rural development perspective to compare their socio-economic benefits in relation to large scale projects. Preliminary analysis have tried to identify alternative partnership structures between the private sector and rural communities.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.
Contact:
ETIP Coordinator
Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 53, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: etip@hks.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-7961
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/project/10/energy_technology_innovation_policy.html
