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Brazil: Strengthening governance for growth - Executive summary

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28-May-2008

Brazil has now entered a more advanced phase of economic development, with the need to strengthen the institutional foundations for a market-based economy.

Brazil: Strengthening Governance for Growth

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28-May-2008

This review analyses the challenges of strengthening regulatory governance in Brazil to improve economic growth, with appropriate regulatory frameworks for core infrastructure sectors.

Senior budget officials reviews of budgeting systems

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29-Jan-2008

The objective of country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations.

Global Forum on Governance: Modernising Government: strategies & tools for change. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 22-23 October 2007

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22-Oct-2007

The Global Forum on Governance is an opportunity for participating countries to share their reform experiences in public sector modernisation and policies aimed at increasing public sector efficiency, and to explore the political economy behind reform implementation.

The Brazilian "tax war": The case of value-added tax competition among the states

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22-Feb-2007

Luiz de Mello

This paper tests for horizontal tax competition in the VAT (ICMS) for a sample of Brazilian states in the period 1985-2001, based on the estimation of a tax reaction function.  Economics Department Working Paper 544.

Social security reform in Brazil: Achievements and remaining challenges

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14-Dec-2006

Fabio Giambiagi and Luiz de Mello

This paper reviews the main elements of social security reform in Brazil since 1998 and discusses areas where further policy action is yet to be taken to ensure the sustainability of the social-security system over time. Economics Department Working Paper 534.

Improving labour utilisation in Brazil

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14-Dec-2006

Carlos H. de Brito Cruz and Luiz de Mello

An important policy challenge for raising Brazil's growth potential  is to improve labour utilisation by reducing informality and fostering human capital accumulation on and off the job. Economics Department Working Paper 533.

Boosting innovation performance in Brazil

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14-Dec-2006

Carlos H. de Brito Cruz and Luiz de Mello

Brazil’s main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity?enhancing innovative activities. Economics Department Working Paper 532.

Consolidating macroeconomic adjustment in Brazil

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14-Dec-2006

Luiz de Mello and Diego Moccero

Brazil’s overarching macroeconomic challenge is to continue to reduce public indebtedness while improving the quality of fiscal adjustment, which has so far relied on revenue hikes, rather than a retrenchment of expenditure commitments. Economics Department Working Paper 531.

Economic survey of Brazil 2006: Consolidating macroeconomic adjustment

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24-Nov-2006

Brazil has made considerable progress in recent years towards consolidating macroeconomic stability, which is a key framework condition for sustained growth. Monetary policy continues to respond swiftly ...