The Brazilian economy : growth and development /

Main Author: Baer, Werner, 1931-2016.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Edition:5th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: HISTORICAP PERSPECTIVE: Introduction and overview
  • Historical perspective
  • Early industrial growth
  • The post-World War II industrialization drive: 1946-1961
  • Stagnation and boom: Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s
  • From adjustment to external shocks to the debt crisis: 1973-1985
  • The resurgence of inflation in Brazil: 1974-1986
  • The decline and fall of Brazil's Cruzado
  • Brazil's drifting economy: stagnation and inflation during 1987-1993
  • The illusion of stability: the Brazilian economy under Cardoso
  • PART II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: The external sector: trade and foreign investments
  • Brazil's extended public sector: its changing role and privatization
  • The banking system: privatization and restructuring
  • Regional imbalances
  • The performance of agriculture
  • Environmental aspects of Brazil's development
  • Health in Brazil's development process
  • Structural changes in Brazil's industrial economy, 1960-1995.