Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Edmund Amann, Carlos R. Azzoni -- Brazil's macroeconomic policy institutions quasi-stagnation and the interest rate-exchange rate trap / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Perreira -- Evolution and sectoral competitiveness of the Brazilian manufacturing industry / Paulo Câesar Morceiro -- The Agricultural Sector / Carlos Josâe Caetano Bacha -- Traditional agriculture and land distribution in Brazil / Charles C. Mueller -- Brazil's Agricultural Modernization and EMBRAPA / Geraldo B. Martha Jr., Eliseu Alves -- Manufacturing, services, and the productivity gap / Jorge Arbache -- Growth volatility and economic growth in Brazil / Jorge Arbache, Sarquis J. B. Sarquis -- The Colonial Economy / Flavio Versiani -- Infrastructure / Edmund Amann, Werner Baer, Thomas Trebat, Juan Villa Lora -- Trade policy from the 1930s to the present / Simäao Davi Silber -- Regional Disparities / Carlos R. Azzoni, Eduardo A. Haddad -- Brazil's Northeast / Alexandre Rands Barros -- Changes in income distribution in Brazil / Rodolfo Hoffmann -- The development of Brazilian education: a tale of lost opportunities? / Claudio de Moura Castro -- Antipoverty Transfers and Poverty Reduction / Armando Barrientos -- South-South cooperation for social development: Brazil and Africa examined / Anthony Hall -- Labor market development in Brazil: formalization, at last? / Celia Lessa Kerstenetsky, Danielle Carusi Machado -- Environmental Issues / Ariaster B. Chimeli -- The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Andrâe Villela -- The Economics of Health in Brazil / Antonio Carlos Coelho Campino, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Flavia Mori Sarti -- Brazil, the BRICS, and the changing landscape of global economic governance / Peri da Silva -- Brazilian trade and international economic prospects in an anti-globalization era / Donald V. Coes -- The evolution of Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil / Breno Augusto da Silva e Silva -- Multinational corporations from Brazil / Edmund Amann -- The rise and fall of state enterprises / Armando Castelar Pinheiro -- Antitrust and competition policy in Brazil / Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Camila Pires-Alves, Luis Carlos D. Prado -- Corruption scandals, the evolution of anti-corruption institutions, and their impact on Brazil's economy / Mariana Mota Prado, Lindsey Carson -- Energy in Brazil: past and future / Josâe Goldemberg -- Brazilian Structuralism / Joseph L. Love -- Brazil's import substitution industrialization / Werner Baer -- Experiences of inflation and stabilization 1960-1990 / Fernando de Holanda Barbosa -- Leviathan captured: neoliberalism as solution and problem in Brazil / Philippe Faucher -- The Brazilian Development Bank / Luiz Ricardo Cavalcante -- The Evolution of Brazil's Banking System / 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.

Specialized.

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