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REGULATORY BURDENGROWTH EPISODE
TAXATION RATES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
INCREASING RETURNS
LOW INFLATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
URBANIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
CENTRAL BANK
PRODUCTIVITY
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
BUREAUCRATIC REQUIREMENTS
COUNTRY DATA
POLITICAL STABILITY
FISCAL FEDERALISM
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TRADE POLICY
DEBT
FISCAL ADJUSTMENTS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
REDUCING POVERTY
FISCAL BALANCE
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
EQUITABLE ACCESS
TAX REFORM
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
POOR PERFORMANCE
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
NATIONAL INCOME
DIRECT INVESTMENT
LABOR FORCE
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
TAX
SOCIAL SECURITY
COMPETITION POLICY
EQUILIBRIUM
GDP PER CAPITA
CD
PAYROLL TAXES
INVESTMENT RATES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
OIL
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PUBLIC DEBT
ECONOMIC HISTORY
GROWTH LITERATURE
TAXATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
INCOME INEQUALITY
POLICY PERSPECTIVE
NATURAL RESOURCES
ECONOMISTS
BENCHMARKS
RESOURCE USE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
EXPORT GROWTH
ECONOMICS
GOVERNANCE
DEBT SERVICE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC POLICY
DEFICITS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
GDP
INCOME GROWTH
PATENTS
EQUALITY
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
LONG-RUN GROWTH
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INCREASE GROWTH
TRANSPARENCY
EXPORT MARKETS
HIGH INEQUALITY
EXCHANGE RATES
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INTEREST RATES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
PORTS
FISCAL DEFICITS
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
INFLATION
ROADS
MEDIUM TERM
TAX REVENUES
ECONOMIC STABILITY
GROWTH RATES
PUBLIC FINANCE
AIRPORTS
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
HUMAN CAPITAL
EXPORT CAPACITY
INDUSTRIALIZATION
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
URBAN PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PRICE CONTROLS
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
POLICY MEASURES
STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH THEORY
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15289Abstract
During the last century, Brazil was one
 of the fastest growing economies in the world. Between 1901
 and 2000, Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per
 capita grew at an average annual rate of 4.4 percent.
 Brazil's long-run growth has rivaled that of counties
 such as South Korea, universally praised as a stellar
 performer. Brazil does not received the same praise. Perhaps
 one reason is that more has been expected of Brazil,
 especially by Brazilians themselves. After all the country
 is richly endowed with natural resources and is blessed with
 an energetic people. Perhaps is that economic growth in
 Brazil has been more erratic than in other countries, or it
 may be that this economic growth performance has been
 accompanied by high inequality, thus diminishing the
 "quality" of growth. How is it that the country
 with the fastest growth in the region also has the highest
 inequality? Are the two facts related, and if so, what can
 be done to improve the pattern of future income growth
 across the social classes, and reduce its extreme inequality
 and the breadth and depth of its poverty? The first volume
 summarizes the overall conclusions for policy drawn from the
 seven background papers presented in the second volume, and
 other relevant research, as well as giving a historical
 account of the driving forces behind Brazilian growth since
 the 1960s.Date
2013-08-22Identifier
oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/15289http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15289
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