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Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Better targeting government social spending

01-Mar-2005

Government social spending is estimated to be mildly progressive in terms of its impact on income inequality, but this masks important differences in the incidence of spending on particular social programmes. ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Regulation of the electricity sector

01-Mar-2005

A new model for the electricity sector was approved by Congress in March 2004 and is now being implemented. How does the new model work and what will change relative to the current set-up? Excerpt taken ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Reforming Brazil's bankruptcy legislation

01-Mar-2005

Brazil’s new bankruptcy legislation makes the restructuring of firms in financial distress more cooperative and conducive to recovery. The new law is expected to ease constraints on loan recovery, contributing ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Further developing financial markets

01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses the main weaknesses and strengths of Brazilian financial markets. Low credit ratios, high intermediation costs, and financial exclusion contrast with the expansion of the institutional ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Enhancing the regulatory framework

01-Mar-2005

This chapter assesses Brazil’s product market regulation and the regulatory framework for several network industries: electricity, oil and gas, and water and sanitation. Private investment can be encouraged ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Strengthening social policies and expenditure

01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses the main weaknesses and strengths of Brazilian financial markets. Low credit ratios, high intermediation costs, and financial exclusion contrast with the expansion of the institutional ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Macroeconomic policies: paving the way for sustained growth

01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses Brazil’s macroeconomic performance, including an overview of the main policy challenges ahead. The economy is recovering in earnest and the foundations for sustained growth appear, ...

Boosting Trade Competitiveness Key to Sustaining South American Economic Growth - OECD Report

16-Dec-2004

How can Argentina, Brazil and Chile boost their export competitiveness to support sustained economic growth? The question is at the centre of a new OECD study: Trade and Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: Not as Easy as A-B-C.

Summary of Discussion of OECD Seminar on Trade and Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil and Chile

14-Dec-2004

Within its cooperation framework with non-member countries, the OECD organised this seminar on Trade and Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil and Chile on 22 November 2004 in Paris. It aimed to discuss ...

External trade in Brazil: Recent developments

14-Dec-2004

Presentation on recent Brazilian external adjustment and export boom, its increasingly structural character, the country’s reduced external vulnerability, and reform efforts to improve the general business ...