This article evaluates the impacts of the imposition of tariffs on the Brazilian soluble coffee mainly by European …-2003 period using data from the International Coffee Organization. Findings suggest that existing tariffs significantly account … countries as of the 1990s. More particularly, it verifies whether the imposition of discriminatory trade tariffs by the European …

“Soft” slavery in Brazil: Was Gilberto Freyre right? This article examines the question of the supposedly benign … character of Brazilian slavery, in contrast with slavery in North America. In economic analyses of slavery, coercion toward … that, as recent evidence on Brazil has shown that small slave holdings prevailed, in various regions and periods, this may …

Brazil behind the average of developing countries. Even if the effects caused by “mondialisation” on weakened economies are …

This paper analyses the most important experiences with school accountability policy (SA) in Brazil. The analysis … appropriately designed. Finally, it discusses the main barriers to the adoption of an efficient SA at the national level in Brazil …

Foreign direct investment and the performance of Brazilian exports. Brazil, in the 1990s, assumed a remarkable position …