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Price and volume elasticities of Brazilian foreign trade: A profit function approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

To investigate the possible impact of terms of trade gains on the real economy, this paper estimates normalised quadratic input demand and output supply functions for the Brazilian economy during 1997-2008.

Current account sustainability in Brazil: A non linear approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Matteo Mogliani

To shed further light on this issue in the context of emerging market economies, this paper uses Brazilian data to estimate the determinants of the current account in a smooth transition vector autoregressive (ST VAR) setting.

Responses to the economic and financial crisis and the road to recovery

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02-Mar-2009

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

Latin America has a major role to play in building a new international financial and economic system, since it has accumulated substantial experience in managing financial crises and recovery programs, according to the OECD Secretary-General.

FDI from OECD countries jumps 50% in 2007 but set to fall in 2008

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24-Jun-2008

Foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows from OECD countries in 2007 leapt to a record USD 1.82 trillion from USD 1.2 trillion in 2006 but are projected to fall sharply in 2008, according to estimates from the OECD.

Brazil - Phase 2: Report on Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

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18-Dec-2007

Brazil should rapidly amend its legislation to make companies directly liable for the payment of bribes to foreign public officials, and to ensure that effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions are applicable, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.

Caribbean Rim Investment Initiative (CRII)

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17-Jul-2006

The CRII promotes a creative and pragmatic co-operative approach between countries of Central America and the Caribbean and international organisations with a view to enhancing investment opportunities ...

Conference on Investment for Development: Making It Happen

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25-Oct-2005

This conference, which took place from 25-27 October 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to draw lessons from Brazil’s experience with improving the enabling environment for investment and sustainable ...

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

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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

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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

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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 ...