Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects
The industrialization process in Brazil begun in the 1960s and intensified in the 1970s, however the expected productivity growth of the overall economy and structural transformation did not happen. Since the end of the 1970s, the Brazilian labor p...
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okr-10986-322022021-05-25T09:26:41Z Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects Arias, Diego Vieira, Pedro Abel Contini, Elisio Farinelli, Barbara Morris, Michael AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE RESILIENCE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TECHNOLOGY CHANGE EMPLOYMENT The industrialization process in Brazil begun in the 1960s and intensified in the 1970s, however the expected productivity growth of the overall economy and structural transformation did not happen. Since the end of the 1970s, the Brazilian labor productivity has been lower than many similar economies, currently representing around one fourth of the average labor productivity in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. One of the reasons for the weak productivity performance of the Brazilian economy in the past decades has been the manufacturing sector. Between 2000-2013, agriculture productivity rose by 105.6 percent, compared to only 11.7 percent in the services sector and -5.5 percent in the manufacturing sector. This report will focus mainly on policies related to key production factors (such as human, physical, and natural capital) and agriculture policies. The motivation for this report is to explore the evolution and source of the strong agriculture productivity growth that has occurred in Brazil in recent decades, identifying opportunities and challenges for future development of the sector. The goal is to look for opportunities to accelerate agriculture productivity growth, to have an increased impact on sector growth, jobs, environmental sustainability, and poverty reduction, as well as potentially to shed light on lessons that can contribute to efforts to boost productivity in other sectors within Brazil. The report is divided into five sections. Section one give introduction; section two describes the evolution and sources of agriculture productivity growth in recent years; section three evaluates the contributions of different factors of production, such as natural, human, and physical capital; section four explores the opportunities for further maximizing agriculture growth in Brazil through increases in productivity; and section five presents conclusions and policy recommendations on how to further maximize agriculture productivity in Brazil while having positive social (poverty reduction and jobs) and environmental impacts. 2019-08-07T15:51:44Z 2019-08-07T15:51:44Z 2017-09-24 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150891562829226447/Agriculture-Productivity-Growth-in-Brazil-Recent-Trends-and-Future-Prospects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32202 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agriculture Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE RESILIENCE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TECHNOLOGY CHANGE EMPLOYMENT Arias, Diego Vieira, Pedro Abel Contini, Elisio Farinelli, Barbara Morris, Michael Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects |
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The industrialization process in Brazil
begun in the 1960s and intensified in the 1970s, however the
expected productivity growth of the overall economy and
structural transformation did not happen. Since the end of
the 1970s, the Brazilian labor productivity has been lower
than many similar economies, currently representing around
one fourth of the average labor productivity in Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
One of the reasons for the weak productivity performance of
the Brazilian economy in the past decades has been the
manufacturing sector. Between 2000-2013, agriculture
productivity rose by 105.6 percent, compared to only 11.7
percent in the services sector and -5.5 percent in the
manufacturing sector. This report will focus mainly on
policies related to key production factors (such as human,
physical, and natural capital) and agriculture policies. The
motivation for this report is to explore the evolution and
source of the strong agriculture productivity growth that
has occurred in Brazil in recent decades, identifying
opportunities and challenges for future development of the
sector. The goal is to look for opportunities to accelerate
agriculture productivity growth, to have an increased impact
on sector growth, jobs, environmental sustainability, and
poverty reduction, as well as potentially to shed light on
lessons that can contribute to efforts to boost productivity
in other sectors within Brazil. The report is divided into
five sections. Section one give introduction; section two
describes the evolution and sources of agriculture
productivity growth in recent years; section three evaluates
the contributions of different factors of production, such
as natural, human, and physical capital; section four
explores the opportunities for further maximizing
agriculture growth in Brazil through increases in
productivity; and section five presents conclusions and
policy recommendations on how to further maximize
agriculture productivity in Brazil while having positive
social (poverty reduction and jobs) and environmental impacts. |
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Arias, Diego Vieira, Pedro Abel Contini, Elisio Farinelli, Barbara Morris, Michael |
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Arias, Diego Vieira, Pedro Abel Contini, Elisio Farinelli, Barbara Morris, Michael |
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Arias, Diego |
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Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects |
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Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects |
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Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects |
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Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects |
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Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil : Recent Trends and Future Prospects |
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agriculture productivity growth in brazil : recent trends and future prospects |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150891562829226447/Agriculture-Productivity-Growth-in-Brazil-Recent-Trends-and-Future-Prospects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32202 |
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