Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil : From State Intervention to a Free Market

Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil -- From State Intervention to a Free Market -- Introduction -- PART 1 -- STATE INTERVENTION IN THE SUGARCANE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL -- State intervention in the chain of production of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: its forms and effects on the development of the sector between the 1930s and 1980s -- PART II.- THE GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF IN THE 1990S: THE BREAK AND THE LEARNING CURVE -- The 1990s: deregulation of the sector -- Organizational changes within the public sphere -- Organizational changes within the private sphere -- Changes related to production and marketing controls on sugar: fixed production levels, crop plans, exports, and the differential collection of the Industrialized Products Tax93 -- The marketing of sugarcane and ethanol: changes resulting from deregulation -- Activities of the Inter-Ministerial Council on Sugar and Ethanol during the deregulation process -- Interested parties come to the defense of the sugarcane ethanol industry -- The process of deregulating the sugarcane ethanol industry -- Political determinants of the decision-making processes: the players, their power resources, and the redefinition of their roles in the new institutional environment -- The free market: the profound changes and the new agenda. .