Brazil approaches its 2018 election with an economy that is gradually recovering from the deepest recession in its … rising incomes. This book explores the drivers of future employment and income growth. Its key finding: Brazil needs to … dramatically improve its performance across all industries in terms of productivity if the country is to provide better jobs for …

agriculture productivity growth that has occurred in Brazil in recent decades, identifying opportunities and challenges for future … light on lessons that can contribute to efforts to boost productivity in other sectors within Brazil. The report is divided … agriculture productivity in Brazil while having positive social (poverty reduction and jobs) and environmental impacts …

This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity in Brazilian manufacturing firms over the … significantly, but with stagnant aggregate growth in total factor productivity. The paper first estimates firm-level total factor … productivity under alternative assumptions (exogenous and endogenous law of motion for productivity) following a GMM procedure. In …