01769cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013945 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484308820 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Brazil : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (84 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper analyzes pace of economic growth for Brazil. Moderating activity and stubbornly elevated inflation since 2010 have led to a reevaluation of Brazil's long-term potential growth rate. Growth accounting suggests that potential growth is probably lower than was widely assumed in recent years and now stands at about 3 1\2 percent. The demographic dividend of a rapidly expanding labor force is fading and further structural declines in unemployment are likely to be limited. Potential growth will rely more on the pace of capital deepening and productivity growth. Lifting both may require successful implementation of the infrastructure investment program, higher domestic saving, and structural reforms. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2013/313 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2013/313/002.2013.issue-313-en.xml IMF e-Library