Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil

Brazil has made considerable progress toward macroeconomic stability since reform measures began to take hold in the early 1990s, and its economy has produced stronger growth as a result an average of 2.5 percent annually over the past decade. This...

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Main Author:	Rodríguez, Alberto
Other Authors:	Dahlman, Carl
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT POLICIES AGRICULTURE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE WAGES BASIC EDUCATION BENCHMARKING BORROWING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS SECTOR CALCULATIONS CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKET CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL BANK COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTERS CONSUMER CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COPYRIGHT CURRENCY CYCLE OF POVERTY DATA ANALYSES DEBT DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBTS DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISTANCE LEARNING DIVERSIFICATION E-MAIL EARNINGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC POWER ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION PROGRAM ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOW OF GOOD FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FORMAL EDUCATION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES ICT INCOME INCOME GROUP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION PROGRAMS INSTITUTION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTEREST RATES INTERNAL DATA INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTION INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB TENURE JOINT VENTURES KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LARGE ENTERPRISE LARGE ENTERPRISES LARGE FIRMS LEARNING OUTCOMES LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LICENSES LIFE SPAN LITERACY LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MANUFACTURING MATERIAL MATH MATHEMATICS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MONETARY POLICY MULTIMEDIA NATIONAL BANK NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGY NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES OPPORTUNITY COSTS PATENTS PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME PERSONAL COMPUTER PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICS POLICY FRAMEWORK POTENTIAL OUTPUT POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE FUNDS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUERIES R&D RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RESULT RESULTS RISK AVERSE SALARIES SALARY SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SENIOR SILICON SMALL BUSINESS SMALLER FIRMS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUPPORT PROGRAM TAX INCENTIVES TEACHERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PARKS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPARENT WAY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES UNSKILLED WORKERS USES VALUE ADDED WAGE WEALTH WEB WEB SITE WEB SITES WORLD MARKETS WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9484257/knowledge-innovation-competitiveness-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6413

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Summary:	Brazil has made considerable progress toward macroeconomic stability since reform measures began to take hold in the early 1990s, and its economy has produced stronger growth as a result an average of 2.5 percent annually over the past decade. This study provides a broad, cross-sectoral analysis of Brazil's capacity for producing knowledge and innovation. As such, it moves beyond the traditional recommendation that is, builds a stable macroeconomic environment and business-friendly physical and policy infrastructure and instead seeks a more comprehensive approach. The fact is that Brazil has delivered some important successes with efforts to develop innovation in agriculture, aerospace and energy. But like other middle-income nations, it is discovering that it must re-evaluate its education system, its information technology infrastructure, and its policy framework for encouraging innovation to ensure that its economy as a whole is growing fast enough to keep up with the global competition while also guaranteeing progress in its fight against poverty. This study was developed in close consultation with Brazilian government and civil society leaders, who are deeply engaged with the question of how to foster innovation and greater economic competitiveness. Indeed, the breadth of the support for this study is a testament to Brazil's pragmatism and perseverance in pursuing more robust growth. It is also a welcome reflection of its continually evolving relationship with the World Bank. Today, Brazil has emerged as a leader of efforts to build South-South cooperation. In this role, it can set an important example for other middle-income nations and act as a bridge between the northern and southern hemispheres.

Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil

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