household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to … 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local markets may be relatively more isolated from changes in world … world sugar prices. Results suggest that workers in the sugar sector and in sugar-producing regions have better employment …

time that competitive pressure alone will not enable local plants to catch up with leading world producers. "--World Bank …

This policy brief highlights the key messages for policy makers from the World Bank report "Seeing the Invisible: A …

low. The school year in Grades 3-6 is among the longest in the world (over 1400 hours annually for single shift classrooms … the shortest in the world (under 500 hours annually in most cases). …