This paper tests a neo-Schumpeterian model with industry-level data to analyze how Brazil, India, and China are … competition to spur catch-up. In comparison, Brazil, which was as rich as South Korea, and India, which was as rich as China in … 1980, are catching up more slowly. Import-substitution industrialization strategies saddled Brazil and India with a large …

Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the … last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … paper argues that Brazil's unique combination of economic and social policies is at the root of its inclusive growth, but it …

This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using …