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Issues faced by Amazonian communities are not solely agricultural; water and energy services are virtually non-existent. Although the Amazon region is rich in natural resources, local populations are economically poor. Water is available throughout the year; however, the quantity and quality varies considerably depending on river water levels and in the dry season, family members, primarily women and children, have to walk for hours to fetch water. Communities are typically isolated from the electric grid with a lack of energy services. Bioenergy technologies such as biomass gasification are attractive in this context since they can provide energy services (via syngas for heat, power and electricity) and biochar which is nutrient-rich and can be used to improve soils, enhance crop growth and nurture sustainable agriculture. Biochar improves soil water use efficiency (retaining soil moisture for crop growth) and can be used as a filter to remove pollutants from drinking water. 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Extract knowledge from this dataset to provide support to the decision maker is a hard task, mainly when classical database and data mining techniques are employed. This difficulty can turn fiscal policies, which the main idea was to bring development for some economic sector, harmful to others. For example: evaluate how tax revenues coming from Goods and Services Conveyance Tax (ICMS) is affected by including food and beverages in Basic Food Basket; how is the impact of growing tax rates for Oil & Gas industry in inflation and unemployment rate, and so on. Through Big Data Analytics tools, i.e., an adaptation and development of new database and data mining methods for large scale problems, we can tackle this enormous challenge. In this project our main objective is to provide Big Data Analytics solutions to support decision making for Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office. As specific aims, we will: * Propose a model to simulate fiscal policies made by Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office. This model can generate several scenarios to evaluate the effects of a fiscal policy (e.g. increase of food and beverages taxes) in terms of other economic variables: total tax revenue, inflation rate, unemployment, etc., before its deployment in the state. For example, given an increase of 3% in ICMS Foods and Beverages products, will this increase state tax revenues? How much this will be? What is the expected impact of this policy in inflation rate or economic activity? The answers of these and other questions can help design fiscal policies less risky (i.e., harmful for other economic sectors) and more effective, such as preventing taxpayers default, developing economic sectors, and so on. * Establish an optimization methodology to settle taxes rates at optimal levels in Rio de Janeiro State. The optimization method must consider multiple objectives (maximize tax revenues, develop more some economic sectors, etc.), in which some are intrinsically contradictory (inflation rate control and tax revenue growth). Also, this methodology must be adequate for constrained and non-convex problems, and where partial information is available, i.e., situations under uncertainty. Thus, this methodology will use information from Fiscal Policies Simulator (addressed earlier) and from other sources, in order to build the objective function and meet the policy maker demands and constraints. An example of a possible application is to measure the recent settlement of Nissan Motor Company at Resende city (a city of Rio de Janeiro State) and its implications in terms of tax revenues (direct and indirect). Another possibility is to evaluate the possible reduction of royalties paid by Petrobras Oil & Gas Company, etc. With these information at hand, the Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office can improve its fiscal policies, perform better economic stimulus and elaborate hedge mechanisms against systemic risks or economic decline (e.g., inducting investments in economic activities negatively correlated to the more essentials actually, etc.). Both methodologies, if correctly employed, can generate savings (more effective management of public resources, improve policy makers productivity, etc.), increasing taxes revenues (through setting a suboptimal level for taxes), a better evaluation of tributary benefits from society and a healthier business environment. Also, these benefits can improve economic planning in the State, where the gain in resources can be used to develop public Education, Health, Safety, Science and Technology, and so on.","The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries."], "participating_org_ref":["GB-GOV-13","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345"], "participating_org_role":["1","2","3","4"], "participating_org_type":["10","15","15","80"], "participating_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON"], "activity_status_code":"4", "activity_date_iso_date":["2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","2016-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "activity_date_type":["1","2","3","4"], "contact_info_organisation_narrative":["Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy"], "contact_info_department_narrative":["General enquiries"], "contact_info_email":["enquiries@odamanagement.org"], "contact_info_website":["https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-official-development-assistance-research-and-innovation"], "contact_info_mailing_address_narrative":["Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 4th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, SW1H 0ET"], "recipient_country_code":["IN"], "recipient_country_percentage":[100.0], "sector_code":["23082"], "sector_vocabulary":["1"], "policy_marker_code":["6"], "policy_marker_significance":["1"], "policy_marker_vocabulary":["1"], "collaboration_type_code":"1", "default_flow_type_code":"10", "default_finance_type_code":"110", "default_aid_type_code":["D02"], "default_tied_status_code":"5", "budget_status":["1","1"], "budget_type":["1","1"], "budget_period_start_iso_date":["2014-04-01T00:00:00Z","2015-04-01T00:00:00Z"], "budget_period_end_iso_date":["2015-03-31T00:00:00Z","2016-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "budget_value":[7510.35,15020.7], "budget_value_currency":["GBP","GBP"], "capital_spend_percentage":0.0, "transaction_type":["3","3","3","2"], "transaction_date_iso_date":["2016-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "transaction_value":[-14430.6,7510.35,15020.7,30041.4], "transaction_value_currency":["GBP","GBP","GBP"], "transaction_value_date":["2016-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "hierarchy":1, "transaction_value_usd":[-18962.354772758044,11533.325620516178,23363.390328816175,45472.52353811888] },{ "default_currency":"GBP", "default_lang":"en", "iati_identifier":"GB-GOV-13-FUND--Newton-EP_M029573_1", "reporting_org_ref":"GB-GOV-13", "reporting_org_type_code":"10", "reporting_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY"], "title_narrative":["Newton Fund-Integrating water cooled concentrated photovoltaics with waste heat reuse"], "description_narrative":["Highly concentrated photovoltaic (HCPV) systems exploit concentrated solar flux using cheap optical components in lieu of large area, expensive photovoltaic cells. However, HCPV chips - due to their higher energy flux - generate considerable amount of waste heat which lowers their energy conversion efficiency. Novel microscale water cooling systems (i.e. microfluidic chips) can effectively regulate the photovoltaics cell temperature, thereby enhancing the cell energy efficiency. Additionally, the heat extracted by the coolant can be reused in: a. Food and Pharmaceutical stage: to run an absorption refrigeration unit (where evaporation of a working fluid causes cooling) for food preservation and storage of vaccines, that require considerable energy use. b. Water: membrane based water desalination processes to make saline water suitable for domestic and agricultural use c. Fuel: for efficient production biodiesel Integrating water cooled HCPV systems with one or more of these waste heat recovery technologies can have major positive impact on water, energy, food, healthcare and environmental challenges faced by Brazil - this is very well-aligned with the 'Food energy water environment nexus' theme.","The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries."], "participating_org_ref":["GB-GOV-13","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345"], "participating_org_role":["1","2","3","4"], "participating_org_type":["10","15","15","80"], "participating_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON"], "activity_status_code":"4", "activity_date_iso_date":["2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","2017-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "activity_date_type":["1","2","3","4"], "contact_info_organisation_narrative":["Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy"], "contact_info_department_narrative":["General enquiries"], "contact_info_email":["enquiries@odamanagement.org"], "contact_info_website":["https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-official-development-assistance-research-and-innovation"], "contact_info_mailing_address_narrative":["Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 4th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, SW1H 0ET"], "recipient_country_code":["IN"], "recipient_country_percentage":[100.0], "sector_code":["23082"], "sector_vocabulary":["1"], "policy_marker_code":["6"], "policy_marker_significance":["1"], "policy_marker_vocabulary":["1"], "collaboration_type_code":"1", "default_flow_type_code":"10", "default_finance_type_code":"110", "default_aid_type_code":["D02"], "default_tied_status_code":"5", "budget_status":["1","1","1"], "budget_type":["1","1","1"], "budget_period_start_iso_date":["2014-04-01T00:00:00Z","2015-04-01T00:00:00Z","2016-04-01T00:00:00Z"], "budget_period_end_iso_date":["2015-03-31T00:00:00Z","2016-03-31T00:00:00Z","2017-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "budget_value":[12592.93,25185.86,22146.1], "budget_value_currency":["GBP","GBP","GBP"], "capital_spend_percentage":0.0, "transaction_type":["3","3","3","3","2"], "transaction_date_iso_date":["2017-09-30T00:00:00Z","2016-12-31T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "transaction_value":[12592.93,22146.1,12592.93,25185.86,72517.82], "transaction_value_currency":["GBP","GBP","GBP","GBP"], "transaction_value_date":["2017-09-30T00:00:00Z","2016-12-31T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "hierarchy":1, "transaction_value_usd":[16783.94511552401,27674.042599658915,19338.427930305086,39174.411175705405,109767.46346318975] },{ "default_currency":"GBP", "default_lang":"en", "iati_identifier":"GB-GOV-13-FUND--Newton-EP_M029786_1", "reporting_org_ref":"GB-GOV-13", "reporting_org_type_code":"10", "reporting_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY"], "title_narrative":["Newton Fund: Numerical simulation of soil erosion using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH)"], "description_narrative":["The aim of this project is to develop collaborative joint research to study erosion of soils by water, which is a major threat caused by anthropogenic activity in Brasil and elsewhere. This will be achieved by gaining a better understanding on the basic mechanisms of erosion by means of simulating soil erosion with the meshless computational method Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) using the open-source code DualSPHysics. The DualSphysics code is developed by members of the University of Manchester and the University of Vigo (Spain) as part of EPSRC-funded projects with the purpose of modelling complex hydrodynamic problems. In a recent industrially funded CASE award, the code has been extended by researchers from the University of Manchester to model sediment scouring induced by rapid flows. The multi-phase model is implemented in DualSPHysics using Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) to accelerate the computations with speed-ups of up to 100 enabling industrial use. However, although the model was validated comparing with experimental data for a 3-D dam break over an erodible bed, other numerical simulations need to be run to test other types of soils, conditions and boundary treatments. This will be necessary for the proposed application and will extend both the functionality and provide a robust range of validation cases for future use. With exchange visits between the University of Brasilia and the University of Manchester, the 6-month project will explore the potential for modelling soil erosion developing strategies for future development and collaboration. In Manchester, DualSPHysics will be used to examine flows over an erodible bed for different soil properties as well as a range of steady and unsteady flow conditions. Improvements in the experiments will be performed in Brazil. The experimental results will be used to refine the code and to make it capable to model soil erosion in an extended and validated manner with new experiments investigating flume tests under steady flow conditions, sediment recirculation, seepage failure, liquefaction and excavation by a water jet.","The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries."], "participating_org_ref":["GB-GOV-13","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345","GB-COH-RC000797"], "participating_org_role":["1","2","3","4"], "participating_org_type":["10","15","15","80"], "participating_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER"], "activity_status_code":"4", "activity_date_iso_date":["2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2016-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "activity_date_type":["1","2","3","4"], "contact_info_organisation_narrative":["Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy"], "contact_info_department_narrative":["General enquiries"], "contact_info_email":["enquiries@odamanagement.org"], "contact_info_website":["https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-official-development-assistance-research-and-innovation"], "contact_info_mailing_address_narrative":["Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 4th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, SW1H 0ET"], "recipient_country_code":["IN"], "recipient_country_percentage":[100.0], "sector_code":["23082"], "sector_vocabulary":["1"], "policy_marker_code":["6"], "policy_marker_significance":["1"], "policy_marker_vocabulary":["1"], "collaboration_type_code":"1", "default_flow_type_code":"10", "default_finance_type_code":"110", "default_aid_type_code":["D02"], "default_tied_status_code":"5", "budget_status":["1"], "budget_type":["1"], "budget_period_start_iso_date":["2014-04-01T00:00:00Z"], "budget_period_end_iso_date":["2015-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "budget_value":[2338.79], "budget_value_currency":["GBP"], "capital_spend_percentage":0.0, "transaction_type":["3","3","2"], "transaction_date_iso_date":["2016-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "transaction_value":[244.5,2338.79,4677.58], "transaction_value_currency":["GBP","GBP"], "transaction_value_date":["2016-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "hierarchy":1, "transaction_value_usd":[321.28225728239585,3637.7841024141344,7080.274775857121] },{ "default_currency":"GBP", "default_lang":"en", "iati_identifier":"GB-GOV-13-FUND--Newton-EP_N002059_1", "reporting_org_ref":"GB-GOV-13", "reporting_org_type_code":"10", "reporting_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY"], "title_narrative":["Newton Fund - Membrane material testing & modelling for urban transformations, sustainability & efficiency"], "description_narrative":["The proposed project will represent a completely new collaboration established as a result of common interests and research in the same subject. The Brazilian partners have developed a method for constitutive relations for new materials and the UK partners have the expertise in experimental analysis and constitutive material modelling. The partnership will promote the improvement of technologies for membrane structures and offer novel solutions for transformable urban spaces.","The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries."], "participating_org_ref":["GB-GOV-13","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345"], "participating_org_role":["1","2","3","4"], "participating_org_type":["10","15","15","80"], "participating_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY"], "activity_status_code":"4", "activity_date_iso_date":["2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","2016-12-31T00:00:00Z"], "activity_date_type":["1","2","3","4"], "contact_info_organisation_narrative":["Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy"], "contact_info_department_narrative":["General enquiries"], "contact_info_email":["enquiries@odamanagement.org"], "contact_info_website":["https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-official-development-assistance-research-and-innovation"], "contact_info_mailing_address_narrative":["Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 4th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, SW1H 0ET"], "recipient_country_code":["IN"], "recipient_country_percentage":[100.0], "sector_code":["23082"], "sector_vocabulary":["1"], "policy_marker_code":["6"], "policy_marker_significance":["1"], "policy_marker_vocabulary":["1"], "collaboration_type_code":"1", "default_flow_type_code":"10", "default_finance_type_code":"110", "default_aid_type_code":["D02"], "default_tied_status_code":"5", "budget_status":["1","1"], "budget_type":["1","1"], "budget_period_start_iso_date":["2014-04-01T00:00:00Z","2015-04-01T00:00:00Z"], "budget_period_end_iso_date":["2015-03-31T00:00:00Z","2016-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "budget_value":[4909.45,9818.9], "budget_value_currency":["GBP","GBP"], "capital_spend_percentage":0.0, "transaction_type":["3","3","3","2"], "transaction_date_iso_date":["2017-03-31T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "transaction_value":[-13033.02,4909.45,9818.9,19637.8], "transaction_value_currency":["GBP","GBP","GBP"], "transaction_value_date":["2017-03-31T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "hierarchy":1, "transaction_value_usd":[-16074.16005178093,7539.23391954345,15272.443581165535,29724.990271321276] },{ "default_currency":"GBP", "default_lang":"en", "iati_identifier":"GB-GOV-13-FUND--Newton-EP_N002504_1", "reporting_org_ref":"GB-GOV-13", "reporting_org_type_code":"10", "reporting_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY"], "title_narrative":["Newton Fund: Links 2015 - Linkages between energy, food and water consumption for Brazil in the context of climate change mitigation strategies"], "description_narrative":["The collaborative research project combines the qualitative and quantitative research capabilities of the University of Cambridge, the Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, and the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo to analyse the linkages between energy, food and water consumption for Brazil, in the context of climate change mitigation strategies. This project concerns developing a mid- to long-term research programme for the study of technically and legally feasible configurations of the Brazilian energy and agriculture sector in close collaboration between the UK and Brazilian partners. This project will revolve around the use of the technology and decision diffusion model methodology Future Technology Transformations (FTT), under development in Cambridge by a team of 4 researchers led Dr. J.-F. Mercure, along with the global macroeconometric model E3ME (www.e3me.com). This capacity will be linked to an internationally leading research team headed by Prof. Vinuales on political and legal analysis of energy and sustainable development policy. Among subjects of interest will be freshwater and land use changes in relation to the energy and agricultural sectors, using both the FTT modules for the energy and agricultural sectors (FTT:Power, FTT:Agriculture). The targeted analysis will include local and international food demand, trade, as well as changes in employment generated by the development of low-carbon innovations and the diffusion of new technology in both the energy and agriculture sectors. While FTT is operated by the University of Cambridge, E3ME is maintained, operated and developed by Cambridge Econometrics Ltd, who will be in charge of training the Brazilian researchers in the use of the platform E3ME-FTT. Through detailed analysis of the legal and governance contexts and their cross-sectoral impacts, the project will examine actual and prospective mitigation policies for Brazil, facilitated through close collaboration with local experts, most notably from the PUC-SP, with insights into the local challenges and opportunities. The active collaboration and the development of local analysis capabilities will provide support for capacity-building and knowledge-sharing. Enhanced understanding of the interactions between environmental and societal actions in analysed policies for Brazil could strengthen the generic basis for integration of climate action in the broader development agenda of the country. A significant part of this networking project aims at building new research capacity, through the exchange of computational tools and training, to researchers from Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina and Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, who are actively involved in engaging local policy-makers. They will learn how to use the computational platforms E3ME-FTT developed in Cambridge to study specific locally relevant issues of energy, food and water linkages for Brazil, and help devise insight relevant for policy-making. Meanwhile, the Brazilian partners will provide invaluable contextual knowledge on locally relevant issues such that the research has relevance for policy-making, which could impact livelihoods in rural areas and low-income communities. The activities of this networking project can be divided into six main categories: (1.) Coordination Meetings (2.) International Conference (3.) Training (4.) Publications (5.) Network (6.) Public Awareness The expected result of this networking project is to design a strong and coherent consortium of researchers covering all relevant aspects of the Energy-Water-Food nexus in the context of climate change mitigation policy in Brazil: sustainable development (economics, energy, agriculture) modelling and case studies, environmental policy and law, and a strong connection to networks in Brazil in order to ensure sustained impact.","The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with developing countries across the world to promote the economic development and social welfare of the partner countries."], "participating_org_ref":["GB-GOV-13","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345","GB-GOV-EPSRC-12345"], "participating_org_role":["1","2","3","4"], "participating_org_type":["10","15","15","80"], "participating_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL","UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE"], "activity_status_code":"4", "activity_date_iso_date":["2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","2016-04-27T00:00:00Z"], "activity_date_type":["1","2","3","4"], "contact_info_organisation_narrative":["Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy"], "contact_info_department_narrative":["General enquiries"], "contact_info_email":["enquiries@odamanagement.org"], "contact_info_website":["https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-official-development-assistance-research-and-innovation"], "contact_info_mailing_address_narrative":["Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 4th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, SW1H 0ET"], "recipient_country_code":["IN"], "recipient_country_percentage":[100.0], "sector_code":["23082"], "sector_vocabulary":["1"], "policy_marker_code":["6"], "policy_marker_significance":["1"], "policy_marker_vocabulary":["1"], "collaboration_type_code":"1", "default_flow_type_code":"10", "default_finance_type_code":"110", "default_aid_type_code":["D02"], "default_tied_status_code":"5", "budget_status":["1","1"], "budget_type":["1","1"], "budget_period_start_iso_date":["2014-04-01T00:00:00Z","2015-04-01T00:00:00Z"], "budget_period_end_iso_date":["2015-03-31T00:00:00Z","2016-03-31T00:00:00Z"], "budget_value":[11593.15,23186.3], "budget_value_currency":["GBP","GBP"], "capital_spend_percentage":0.0, "transaction_type":["3","3","3","2"], "transaction_date_iso_date":["2016-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "transaction_value":[10251.52,11593.15,23186.3,46372.6], "transaction_value_currency":["GBP","GBP","GBP"], "transaction_value_date":["2016-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-09-30T00:00:00Z","2015-06-30T00:00:00Z","2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"], "hierarchy":1, "transaction_value_usd":[13470.885424031194,17803.10823297012,36064.26978643009,70192.43926793597] },{ "default_currency":"GBP", "default_lang":"en", "iati_identifier":"GB-GOV-13-FUND--Newton-EP_N002822_1", "reporting_org_ref":"GB-GOV-13", "reporting_org_type_code":"10", "reporting_org_narrative":["DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY"], "title_narrative":["Newton Fund: Developing an International Trade and Shipping Database and a Study on Port and Shipping Efficiency"], "description_narrative":["There is a large body of literature stressing the importance of transport costs and infrastructure in determining trade flows, and by correlation economic development (Clark, Dollar and Micco (2004), Limao and Venables (2001), Martinez-Zarzoso and Suárez-Burguet (2005)). In conjunction with increased trade liberalisation in Brazil (applied tariff rates in 2012 are 25% of 1989 levels), transport costs become the most prominent non-artificial trade barrier associated with Brazil's growth of exports: It costs twice as much to export a container from Brazil compared to OECD countries and nearly twice as much compared to the average Latin American and Caribbean country. It takes 13 days and 6 documents to export a commodity, two days and two documents more than OECD countries. Of these figures, 3 days are allocated to port and terminal handling amounting to a fixed cost of 500 US Dollars per shipment, twice the amount of Germany's port costs. Similar magnitudes apply for importing procedures (World Bank Doing Business (2014)). As more than 80% of Brazil's exports is carried by sea (Ministry of Industry Development and Foreign Trade (2010)) and port efficiency appears to have the largest impact on trade among all indicators of infrastructure (Nordas and Piermartini (2004)), the necessity of improving port infrastructure and reduce shipping costs is inherently linked to development via export growth. This project will see collaboration between UCL and Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. It intends to quantify the impact of port infrastructure and the cost of shipping on Brazil's exports, proposing responses to ameliorate these costs. Our approach is novel since we are going to combine trade data and information from port authorities with ship's satellite positioning data. This will provide a unique dataset in which we will be able to identify origin and destination of ships, time of each journey, ships' idle time at ports, ship's cargo at port destinations in the USA and the cost of shipping from country of origin to the port of destination in the USA. The project will consist of visits and research exchanges (both UK to Brazil and Brazil to UK) in order to enable sharing of data and resources. This will enable the two research groups to build strong collaborative links and undertake knowledge exchange. This project will deploy the research in a number of stakeholder engagement workshops, attended by representatives from each partner's research groups. 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