Brazil as an Economic Superpower? Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy

by Brainard, Lael; Martinez-diaz, Leonardo

• ISBN13: 9780815702962
• ISBN10: 0815702965
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-24
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

In Brazil as an Economic Superpower? international authorities focus on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social investment, and multinational corporations. Their analyses and expertise provide not only a unique and authoritative picture of the Brazilian economy but also a provocative lens through which to view the changing global economy as a whole.

Author Biography

Lael Brainard is vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. Among her many books is Global Development 2.0, coedited with Derek Chollet. Leonardo Martinez-Diaz is a political economy fellow in Global Economy and Development at Brookings and deputy director of the Partnership for the Americas Commission.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Brazil: The "B" Belongs in the BRICS	p. 1
Brazil as an Agricultural and Energy Superpower
Brazil as an International Energy Player	p. 17
Brazil as an Agricultural and Agroenergy Superpower	p. 55
Brazil: The Challenges in Becoming an Agricultural Superpower	p. 81
Opening Markets: Brazil's Trade Policy
Brazil's Trade Policy: Moving Away from Old Paradigms?	p. 113
Brazil's Trade Policy: Old and New Issues	p. 137
Extending Brazilian Multinationals' Global Reach
Big Business in Brazil: Leveraging Natural Endowments and State Support for International Expansion	p. 159
Technology, Public Policy, and the Emergence of Brazilian Multinationals	p. 187
Brazil as an Equitable Opportunity Society
Income Policies, Income Distribution, and the Distribution of Opportunities in Brazil	p. 221
Contributors	p. 271
Index	p. 277
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