This article first analyzes the nature of Brazil's modern agribusiness, how it emerged, its relative importance within the economy, and its impact on the country's distribution of wealth and income. It then examines the achievements of the Brazilian government's land reform program, the degree...

This paper compares the privatization processes in Brazil and Russia and their impact on the distribution of income and assets. Although the economic history of the two countries and past institutional evolution were quite different, and the privatization methods were different, the net results...