This edited collection provides a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the current Brazilian economy and the previous economic structure from which it is emerging. The contributions explore the institutional economic and cultural forces shaping the current...

Who is Xi Jinping? -- The blueprint for the realization of the China dream -- Internal reform in the Communist Party of China -- The major reforms deciding China's fate -- The innovation revolution: leading China's new economy -- The belt and road initiatives -- A great power requires a great...