Fishlow / Vieira Filho Agriculture and Industry in Brazil

Innovation and Competitiveness
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-54952-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Agriculture and Industry in Brazil is a study of the economics of Brazilian agriculture and industry, with a special focus on the importance of innovation to productivity growth. It examines technological change in Brazil, highlighting the role of public policy in building institutions and creating an innovation-oriented environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fishlow, Albert

Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro

Vieira Filho, Jose´ Eusta´quio Ribeiro

Weitere Mitwirkende

Scheinkman, José A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by José A. Scheinkman
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Development Strategies in Brazil: A Contemporary View
3. The Role of Agricultural Innovation: From the Traditional Approach Toward a Theory of Technical and Institutional Change
4. Brazilian Agriculture: A Historical Perspective
5. Embrapa: A Case of Induced Institutional Innovation
6. The Competitiveness of Agribusiness in International Trade
7. Agricultural Expansion and Low-Carbon Emissions
8. The Structural Heterogeneity of Family Farming in Brazil
9. Is the Oil Ours?
10. The Technological Evolution of Embraer
11. Brazilian Agriculture and Beyond: Final Considerations
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Albert Fishlow is professor emeritus at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. His many publications include Starting Over: Brazil Since 1985 (2011).

José Eustáquio Ribeiro Vieira Filho is currently program director of the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply. He is on leave from his tenured position as a senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA-Brazil).