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This research paper describes the methodology and results of a study analyzing the correlation between mining royalties (CFEM) and socioeconomic development in the state of Pará, Brazil. Using a Fixed Effect design, the study examines outcomes in health, education, employment, income, and violence, as well as municipal fiscal expenditures and revenues.

This research paper describes the methodology used to analyze the correlation between mining royalties (CFEM) and socioeconomic development in the state of Pará, Brazil. Using a fixed-effects model, the study examines how these royalties impact health, education, employment, income, violence, and municipal fiscal spending.

This report by Friends of the Earth International argues that the destruction of the Amazon, specifically the 2019 fires, is a result of corporate power and the expansion of the agricultural frontier. It contends that the Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) will accelerate this process by increasing demand for raw materials, facilitating land appropriation, and strengthening a 'corporate impunity' architecture that protects transnational companies while violating the rights of indigenous and traditional peoples.