Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report

Although the State of Ceara, in Brazil, is a model of good economic, and fiscal performance given its poverty status, recent analysis show poverty remains severe, in spite of significant reductions over the last decade. The combination of good gove...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693316/brazil-poverty-reduction-growth-fiscal-stability-state-ceara-state-economic-memorandum-vol-1-2-policy-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14979
id okr-10986-14979
recordtype oai_dc
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
en_US
topic POVERTY REDUCTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL EFFICIENCY
GOVERNANCE
INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION
INDUSTRIAL INCENTIVES
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
POLICY REFORM
LABOR FORCE POPULATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
ACCESS TO WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
WELFARE STATE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGING
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AVERAGE GROWTH
BASIC EDUCATION
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
CLIMATE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COST RECOVERY
CURRENCY UNIT
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EDUCATION LEVEL
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
EXPENDITURE REVIEW
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILIES
GROWTH EFFECT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATE
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH POLICY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCENTIVE POLICIES
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL POLICY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAND REFORM
LIVING STANDARDS
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
MIGRATION
NATIONAL AVERAGE
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
OVERALL COSTS
PARTNERSHIP
PENSION SYSTEM
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY FOCUS
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MAKING
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY REFORMS
POLLUTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LEVEL
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY TARGETING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC ACTIONS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REDUCING POVERTY
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SERVICE SECTOR
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL SPENDING
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATE POLICIES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSFER PAYMENTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
WAGES
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle POVERTY REDUCTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL EFFICIENCY
GOVERNANCE
INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION
INDUSTRIAL INCENTIVES
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
POLICY REFORM
LABOR FORCE POPULATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
ACCESS TO WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
WELFARE STATE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGING
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AVERAGE GROWTH
BASIC EDUCATION
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
CLIMATE
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COST RECOVERY
CURRENCY UNIT
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EDUCATION LEVEL
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
EXPENDITURE REVIEW
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILIES
GROWTH EFFECT
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATE
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH POLICY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCENTIVE POLICIES
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL POLICY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAND REFORM
LIVING STANDARDS
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
MIGRATION
NATIONAL AVERAGE
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
OVERALL COSTS
PARTNERSHIP
PENSION SYSTEM
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY FOCUS
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MAKING
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY REFORMS
POLLUTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LEVEL
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCING
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY TARGETING
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC ACTIONS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REDUCING POVERTY
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
SERVICE SECTOR
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL SPENDING
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STATE POLICIES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSFER PAYMENTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
WAGES
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
World Bank
Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
description Although the State of Ceara, in Brazil, is a model of good economic, and fiscal performance given its poverty status, recent analysis show poverty remains severe, in spite of significant reductions over the last decade. The combination of good governance, and sound fiscal management, industrial promotion, and public investments have been successful, but the report questions whether different policies, could have led to higher growth, and poverty reduction, or, whether it is simply a matter of time to further reduce poverty rates. Arguably, Ceara can continue to develop economically, based on favorable assets, such as agriculture, or tourism, on a large labor force with wages comparatively low by Brazilian standards, and on fiscal responsibility. But development is constrained by low productivity, low education levels, and by large populations living in stagnant regions, where water accessibility is limited. While alternatives either suggest to: strengthen the existing policy on industry development; focus on massive public investments, namely education, and infrastructure; or, exercise an explicit welfare strategy, recommendations stipulate improvements in education, development of public-private partnerships, removal of industrial incentives through reform policies, implementation of institutional framework for water resource management, and, overall social safety nets to reduce poverty.
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report
title_short Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report
title_full Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report
title_fullStr Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report
title_full_unstemmed Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report
title_sort brazil - poverty reduction, growth, and fiscal stability in the state of ceara : a state economic memorandum, volume 1. policy report
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693316/brazil-poverty-reduction-growth-fiscal-stability-state-ceara-state-economic-memorandum-vol-1-2-policy-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14979
_version_ 1764427786916724736
spelling okr-10986-149792021-04-23T14:03:16Z Brazil - Poverty Reduction, Growth, and Fiscal Stability in the State of Ceara : A State Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Policy Report World Bank POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC GROWTH FISCAL EFFICIENCY GOVERNANCE INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION INDUSTRIAL INCENTIVES PUBLIC INVESTMENTS POLICY REFORM LABOR FORCE POPULATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ACCESS TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WELFARE STATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SAFETY NETS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGING AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AVERAGE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION BENEFIT ANALYSIS CLIMATE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COST RECOVERY CURRENCY UNIT DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC STUDIES EDUCATION LEVEL EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE REVIEW EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CARE HEALTH POLICY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE POLICIES INCOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND REFORM LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY MANAGEMENT CAPACITY MIGRATION NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL POVERTY OVERALL COSTS PARTNERSHIP PENSION SYSTEM PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ACTIONS POLICY FOCUS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLICY OPTIONS POLICY REFORMS POLLUTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY TARGETING PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIORITY AREAS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING REDUCING POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SCHOOL GRADUATES SECTORAL COMPOSITION SERVICE SECTOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL SPENDING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STATE POLICIES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PAYMENTS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION WAGES WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY Although the State of Ceara, in Brazil, is a model of good economic, and fiscal performance given its poverty status, recent analysis show poverty remains severe, in spite of significant reductions over the last decade. The combination of good governance, and sound fiscal management, industrial promotion, and public investments have been successful, but the report questions whether different policies, could have led to higher growth, and poverty reduction, or, whether it is simply a matter of time to further reduce poverty rates. Arguably, Ceara can continue to develop economically, based on favorable assets, such as agriculture, or tourism, on a large labor force with wages comparatively low by Brazilian standards, and on fiscal responsibility. But development is constrained by low productivity, low education levels, and by large populations living in stagnant regions, where water accessibility is limited. While alternatives either suggest to: strengthen the existing policy on industry development; focus on massive public investments, namely education, and infrastructure; or, exercise an explicit welfare strategy, recommendations stipulate improvements in education, development of public-private partnerships, removal of industrial incentives through reform policies, implementation of institutional framework for water resource management, and, overall social safety nets to reduce poverty. 2013-08-09T20:36:46Z 2013-08-09T20:36:46Z 2000-08-21 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/693316/brazil-poverty-reduction-growth-fiscal-stability-state-ceara-state-economic-memorandum-vol-1-2-policy-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14979 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Latin America & Caribbean Brazil