"This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and … productivity. In both countries, and in a variety of industry groups, indicators of poor investment climate, especially delays in … owned firms and firms located in the east. In Brazil, the results present an interesting contrast between the apparel …

purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impacts of these changes in banking on total factor productivity. The authors first … obtain measures of bank level productivity by employing the techniques due to Levinsohn and Petrin (2003). They then relate … their private peers, and that privatization has increased productivity. "--World Bank web site …

An evaluation of Brazil's educational policies and the advances in basic education over the past 15 years as well as …