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The International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 52 member countries. It acts as a strategic think tank for transport policy and organizes an annual summit of ministers. Our work is underpinned by economic research, statistics collection and policy analysis, often undertaken in collaboration with many of the world's leading research figures in academia, business and government. This series of Discussion Papers is intended to disseminate the International Transport Forum’s research findings rapidly among specialists in the field concerned.
- ISSN: 20708270 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20708270
The Performance of Brazilian Biofuels
An Economic, Environmental and Social Analysis
The increase in the oil price and the worsening of climate change are fostering
biofuels programs around the world. Brazil has a long tradition in biofuels. The
country is a large-scale producer of ethanol since the 1970s. In 2006, ethanol
was responsible for 17% of all vehicle fuel supply in the Brazil. Brazil’s ethanol
production from sugarcane is also recognized by its economic performance. In
2005, Brazilian government has launched a biodiesel program.
The aim of this report is to make a critical review of Brazilian ethanol and
biodiesel programs. It provides lessons about the potential competitiveness of
biofuels vis a vis traditional fuels. The document also presents the potential
social and environmental impacts of the biofuels in Brazil. The analysis made
in this report has been based on an extensive literature review on the subject
of biofuels in Brazil. Interviews with experts have also been made in order to
clarify some particular issues.
The report is divided in two parts: the first is focused on ethanol program and
the second to the biodiesel. The first part of the report is divided into the
following sections: i) economic performance; ii) the environmental
performance; iii) the social performance; iv)energy security performance; v)
Brazil as a world-class ethanol exporter. The second part of the report is
divided into the following sections: i) economic performance; ii) the
environmental performance; iii) Brazil as a world-class biodiesel exporter.
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