Brazil in the 1990s

The 1990s represented for the Brazilian economy a period of quite significant change. New international conditions and changes in the traditional way of economic policymaking have led to an unprecedented economic environment, with low inflation rates, broader access to imported goods and reduced interference from the State. A number of modifications in the conditions faced by the productive sector have taken place, but several shortcomings - mainly in the social area - still remain. This book presents the major aspects of that process in a systematic way.

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MARCOS THADEU ABICALIL Architect, Urban and Regional Planning, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro CICLEY MOUTINHO AMARAL Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universidade de São Paulo RICARO BIELSCHOWSKY Professor, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro JOSÉ MÁRCIO CAMARGO Professor, Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro JOSÉ EDUARO CASSIOLATO Head of Research Group on Economics of Innovation, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro RUBENS PENHA CYSNE Professor, Fundação Getúlio Vargas GUILHERME LEITE SILVA DIAS Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universidade de São Paulo SONIA DRAIBE Professor, Universidade Estadual de Campinas JOÃO CARLOS FERRAZ Professor, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MARCELO NERI Chief, Centre for Social Policies, Fundação Getúlio Vargas JOSÉ CLEMENTE DE OLIVEIRA Former Director, National Development Bank MAURICIO CORTEZ REIS Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro SEBASTIÃO JOSÉ MARTINS SOARES Mining Engineer, (Fundação Getúlio Vargas), former Superintendent, National Development Bank MARINA SZAPIRO Research Assistant, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro PAULO TIGRE Professor, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MÁRCIO WOHLERS Professor of Telecommunications, Universidade Estadual deCampinas

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Brazil in the 100-s: An Economy in Transition; R.Baumann Macro and Microeconomic Aspects of the Reforms; R.Cysne Social Policies in the Nineties; S.Draibe Capital Formation in the Context of Brazil's Economic Reforms in the Nineties: A Sectoral Approach; R.Bielschowsky, M.T.Abicalil, J.C. de Oliveira, S.Soares & M.Wohlers Institutional Change and Technology: Impacts of Deregulation in the National Innovation System; P.Tigre, J.E. Cassiolato, M.Szapiro & J.C.Ferraz Structural Change in Brazilian Agriculture, 1980-98; G.L.S.Dias, C.M.Amaral Employment and Productivity in Brazil in the Nineties; J.M.Camargo.M.Neri & M.Reis Distributive Effects of Brazilian Structural Reforms; M.Neri, J.M.Camargo