Brazil and Rising powers in international development
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- Understanding the business cycles of emerging economies in international capital markets
- P.A. Neumeyer; F Perri / Global Development Network, 2002
- This paper documents the empirical relation between the interest rates that emerging economies face in international capital markets and their business cycles, using data including quarterly data for Argentina during 1983-2000 and for...
- Analysis of the process and outcomes of Brazil's ARV policy
- J. Galvão / The Lancet, 2002
- Since 1996, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has guaranteed free and universal access to antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS. Implementation of this policy has had political, financial, and logistical challenges. ...
- Brazil and the pitfalls of government debt sustainability in emerging economies
- M. Goldstein / Institute for International Economics, USA, 2003
- There has been a high concentration of financial crises in Latin America over the past two years. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have passed through serious debt problems. This paper analyses issues of debt sustainability in eme...
- Case studies of climate change mitigation efforts in six countries
- W. Chandler; R. Schaeffer; Z. Dadi; P. Shukla; F. Tudela; O. Davidson; S. Alpan-Atamer / Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 2002
- This study attempts to document the climate mitigation efforts in six countries—Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey—and to inform policy-making aimed at further mitigation in these and other developing nat...
- What are the effects of trade policy on the labour market?
- P. Goldberg; N. Pavcnik / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2002
- This paper analyses the links between trade liberalisation and informality. It is often claimed that increased foreign competition in developing countries leads to an expansion of the informal sector, defined as the sector that does n...
- Redistributing the pension balance in Brazil
- M. Bonturi / Ageing Society, 2002
- Brazil’s public pension expenditure is about 9 per cent of GDP, above the OECD average. Given that OECD countries are generally not only wealthier, but also significantly older, Brazil’s pension expenditures are clearly exce...
- The struggle to develop regional industry policy: the role of the plastics and auto sectors in the Regional Chamber of ABC, São Paulo
- M. de Paula Leite / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
- Focuses on the importance of local or regional policy networks. The question, asking whether conducting local or regional industrial policy is possible where local enterprises are part of a global production system. The ABC reg...
- IMF and deforestation
- J. Tockman / American Lands Alliance, 2001
- Report which alleges that International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in each of the 15 countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia studied. This forest loss, the author claims, has...
- Tax rates in Brazil and South Africa
- M. Moore; E.S. Lieberman / Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002
- Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks. They differ markedly in te...
- Challenging drugs patents in Brazil
- Oxfam, 2001
- The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat. International pharmaceutical firms, with the backing of the United States government, are trying to ens...
- The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap)
- The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) is a human sciences think tank, with special focus on Brazilian issues. Research areas cover: Culture and Politics Developmental and Labor Studies Environmental Conflicts History Law and Democracy Philosophy and Politics Politics and So...
- Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade (RePEc)
- Open access journal on education and research in accounting.
