Structural change, productivity growth, and trade policy in Brazil

Throughout the course of only a few decades in the postwar period, the Brazilian economy experienced an intense and fast process of industrialization, which went hand in hand with a major increase in labor productivity and periods of annual growth rates above 10 percent. The rapid growth of the indu...

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Autores principales: Firpo, Sergio, Pieri, Renan
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148307
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description Throughout the course of only a few decades in the postwar period, the Brazilian economy experienced an intense and fast process of industrialization, which went hand in hand with a major increase in labor productivity and periods of annual growth rates above 10 percent. The rapid growth of the industrial sector was not unintentional. It was driven by a set of policies introduced in the 1950s to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. However, by the early 1980s, these isolationist policies had turned into a curse, with the economy hobbled by high inflation rates and unremarkable economic growth rates.
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spelling CGSpace1483072025-11-06T03:55:33Z Structural change, productivity growth, and trade policy in Brazil Firpo, Sergio Pieri, Renan structural adjustment education trade liberalization economic growth economic development health institutions trade policies productivity Throughout the course of only a few decades in the postwar period, the Brazilian economy experienced an intense and fast process of industrialization, which went hand in hand with a major increase in labor productivity and periods of annual growth rates above 10 percent. The rapid growth of the industrial sector was not unintentional. It was driven by a set of policies introduced in the 1950s to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. However, by the early 1980s, these isolationist policies had turned into a curse, with the economy hobbled by high inflation rates and unremarkable economic growth rates. 2017 2024-06-21T09:24:19Z 2024-06-21T09:24:19Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148307 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292147 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Firpo, Sergio; and Pieri, Renan. 2017. Structural change, productivity growth, and trade policy in Brazil. In Structural change, fundamentals, and growth: A framework and case studies. McMillan, Margaret S.; Rodrik, Dani; and Sepúlveda, Claudia (Eds.). Chapter 7. Pp. 267-292. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institue (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292147_ch7.
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trade liberalization
economic growth
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health
institutions
trade policies
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Firpo, Sergio
Pieri, Renan
Structural change, productivity growth, and trade policy in Brazil
title Structural change, productivity growth, and trade policy in Brazil
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title_short Structural change, productivity growth, and trade policy in Brazil
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education
trade liberalization
economic growth
economic development
health
institutions
trade policies
productivity
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