Regional Inequality and Structural Changes: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience / Edition 1

by Eduardo A. Haddad

Overview

Published in 1999. The liberalization process in Latin America during the 1990s resulted in the increase and diversification of trade in the region. Brazil, as a major player, strengthened its insertion into the world economy through the adoption of strategies for opening up markets and of new production technologies; complemented more recently by the creation of a broadly based stabilization plan. In this context, issues related to structural changes in the economy, such as those involving the complexity of new international trading agreements and their impact on the Brazilian economy, warrant special attention. The results of this study suggest that the interplay of market forces in the Brazilian economy favour the more developed region of the country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138327207
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	229
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Regional Development and Regional Inequality: An Overview of the Brazilian Economy 2. Interregional Computable General Equilibrium Models: A Survey on Specification and Implementation Issues 3. The Theoretical Specification of B-MARIA 4. Linkage and Interdependence in the Brazilian Economy: The B-MARIA Data Input Files 5. The Regional Impacts of Macroeconomic, Structural and Sectoral Policies in the Brazilian Economy 6. Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

Discusses the dynamics of regional inequality and reviews the process of spatial formation on the Brazilian economic territory, then looks at recent developments in the field of regional modeling, focusing on CGE models built for sub-national territories. Presents a model that can be adapted to developing economies, and draws on this model to support discussion of alternative strategies of regional development in the present macroeconomic context of the Brazilian economy. The author is affiliated with the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory at the University of Illinois. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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