The Oxford handbook of the Brazilian economy /
Brazilian economy
edited by Edmund Amann, Carlos Azzoni, and Werner Baer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Brazil's macroeconomic policy institutions quasi-stagnation and the interest rate-exchange rate trap / Evolution and sectoral competitiveness of the Brazilian manufacturing industry / The Agricultural Sector / Traditional agriculture and land distribution in Brazil / Brazil's Agricultural Modernization and EMBRAPA / Manufacturing, services, and the productivity gap / Growth volatility and economic growth in Brazil / The Colonial Economy / Infrastructure / Trade policy from the 1930s to the present / Regional Disparities / Brazil's Northeast / Changes in income distribution in Brazil / The development of Brazilian education: a tale of lost opportunities? / Antipoverty Transfers and Poverty Reduction / South-South cooperation for social development: Brazil and Africa examined / Labor market development in Brazil: formalization, at last? / Environmental Issues / The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / The Economics of Health in Brazil / Brazil, the BRICS, and the changing landscape of global economic governance / Brazilian trade and international economic prospects in an anti-globalization era / The evolution of Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil / Multinational corporations from Brazil / The rise and fall of state enterprises / Antitrust and competition policy in Brazil / Corruption scandals, the evolution of anti-corruption institutions, and their impact on Brazil's economy / Energy in Brazil: past and future / Brazilian Structuralism / Brazil's import substitution industrialization / Experiences of inflation and stabilization 1960-1990 / Leviathan captured: neoliberalism as solution and problem in Brazil / The Brazilian Development Bank / The Evolution of Brazil's Banking System / Edmund Amann, Carlos R. Azzoni -- Luiz Carlos Bresser-Perreira -- Paulo Câesar Morceiro -- Carlos Josâe Caetano Bacha -- Charles C. Mueller -- Geraldo B. Martha Jr., Eliseu Alves -- Jorge Arbache -- Jorge Arbache, Sarquis J. B. Sarquis -- Flavio Versiani -- Edmund Amann, Werner Baer, Thomas Trebat, Juan Villa Lora -- Simäao Davi Silber -- Carlos R. Azzoni, Eduardo A. Haddad -- Alexandre Rands Barros -- Rodolfo Hoffmann -- Claudio de Moura Castro -- Armando Barrientos -- Anthony Hall -- Celia Lessa Kerstenetsky, Danielle Carusi Machado -- Ariaster B. Chimeli -- Andrâe Villela -- Antonio Carlos Coelho Campino, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Flavia Mori Sarti -- Peri da Silva -- Donald V. Coes -- Breno Augusto da Silva e Silva -- Edmund Amann -- Armando Castelar Pinheiro -- Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Camila Pires-Alves, Luis Carlos D. Prado -- Mariana Mota Prado, Lindsey Carson -- Josâe Goldemberg -- Joseph L. Love -- Werner Baer -- Fernando de Holanda Barbosa -- Philippe Faucher -- Luiz Ricardo Cavalcante -- Gustavo S. Cortes, Renato L. Marcondes.
Brazil constitutes a globally vital but troubled economy. It accounts for the largest GDP in Latin America and ranks among the world's largest exporters of critical commodities including iron ore, soya, coffee, and beef. In recent years Brazil's global economic importance has been magnified by a surge in both outward and inward foreign direct investment. This has served to further internationalize what has been historically a relatively closed economy. The purpose of this Handbook is to offer real insight into the Brazil's economic development in contemporary context, understanding its most salient characteristics and analyzing its structural features across various dimensions.