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Author:   Edmund Amann (Professor of Brazilian Studies, Professor of Brazilian Studies, Institute of History, Leiden University) ,  Carlos Azzoni (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of São Paulo) ,  Werner Baer (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 24.90cm
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9780190499983

ISBN 10:   0190499982
Pages:   832
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Edmund Amann and Carlos Azzoni PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 2. The Colonial Economy Flavio Versiani 3. The 19th and Early 20th Centuries André Villela 4. Brazilian Structuralism Joseph Love 5. Brazil's Import-Substitution Industrialization Werner Baer 6. Experiences of Inflation and Stabilization, 1960-1990 Fernando Holanda 7. Leviathan Captured: Neoliberalism as Problem and Solution in Brazil Philippe Faucher 8. Growth Volatility and Economic Growth in Brazil Jorge Arbache and Sarquis J.B. Sarquis PART II: MACRO POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS 9. The Brazilian Development Bank Ricardo Cavalcante 10. The Evolution of Brazil's Banking System Gustavo Cortes and Renato Marcondes 11. Brazil's Policy-Making Institutions, Quasi Stagnation and the Interest-Exchange Rate Trap Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira PART III: THE PRODUCTIVE SECTORS 12. Evolution and Sectoral Competiveness of the Brazilian Manufacturing Industry Paulo César Morceiro 13. The Agricultural Sector Carlos Bacha 14. Traditional Agriculture and Land Distribution in Brazil Charles Mueller 15. Brazil's Agricultural Modernization and EMBRAPA Geraldo Martha and Eliseu Alves 16. Manufacturing, Services and the Productivity Gap Jorge Arbache 17. Energy in Brazil: Past and Future José Goldemberg 18. Infrastructure Edmund Amann, Werner Baer, Juan Villa, and Thomas Trebat 19. Trade Policies, from the 1930s to the present Simão Silber PART IV: BRAZIL'S REGIONS 20. Regional Disparities Carlos Azzoni and Eduardo Haddad 21. Brazil's Northeast Alexandre Rands PART V: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS 22. Changes in Income distribution in Brazil Rodolfo Hoffmann 23. The Development of Brazilian Education: a Tale of Lost Opportunities? Claudio de Moura Castro 24. Antipoverty Transfers and Poverty Reduction Armando Barrientos 25. South-South Cooperation for Social Development: Brazil and Africa Examined Anthony Hall 26. Labour Market Development in Brazil: Formalization at Last? Celia Lessa Kerstenetsky and Danielle Carusi Machado 27. Environmental Issues Ariaster B. Chimeli 28. The Economics of Health in Brazil Antonio Campino, Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, and Flavia Mori Sarti PART VI: BRAZIL AND THE WORLD ECONOMY 29. Brazil, the BRICs and the changing landscape of global economic governance Peri Silva 30. Brazilian Trade and International Economic Prospects in an Anti-Globalization Era Donald Coes 31. The Evolution of Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil Breno Augusto da Silva e Silva 32. Multinational Corporations from Brazil Edmund Amann PART VII: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE STATE 33. The Rise and Fall of State Enterprises Armando Castelar Pinheiro 34. Antitrust and Competition Policy in Brazil Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro, Camila Pires-Alves, and Luis Carlos D. Prado 35. Corruption Scandals, the Evolution of Anti-Corruption Institutions, and their Impact on Brazil's Economy Mariana Prado and Lindsey Carson

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The documentation is exceptional with lengthy references, including many peer-reviewed articles. Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE *

The documentation is exceptional with lengthy references, including many peer-reviewed articles. Summing Up: Recommended. -- CHOICE

""The documentation is exceptional with lengthy references, including many peer-reviewed articles. Summing Up: Recommended."" -- CHOICE

Author Information

Edmund Amann is Professor of Brazilian Studies at Leiden University. Previous to this he was Reader in Development Economics at the University of Manchester and Research Fellow at the University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies. Carlos Azzoni is Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of São Paulo. His research focuses on questions of regional development and inter-regional disparities. Werner Baer was Lemann Professor of Economics at the University of Ilinois, Urban-Champaign. Prior to this he held a Chair at Vanderbilt University. Professor Baer's work focused on processes of economic development, industrialization and poverty alleviation.

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