Brazil : Selected Issues Paper.

This Selected Issues paper examines infrastructure investment in Brazil. Brazil has inferior overall infrastructure quality relative to almost all its export competitors. Brazil's infrastructure endowment ranks low by international standards, and its low quality affects productivity, market eff...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/122
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
LEADER 01660cas a2200241 a 4500
001 AALejournalIMF015234
008 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d
020 |c 5.00 USD 
020 |z 9781475521320 
022 |a 1934-7685 
040 |a BD-DhAAL  |c BD-DhAAL 
110 2 |a International Monetary Fund.  |b Western Hemisphere Dept. 
245 1 0 |a Brazil :   |b Selected Issues Paper. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b International Monetary Fund,  |c 2015. 
300 |a 1 online resource (102 pages) 
490 1 |a IMF Staff Country Reports 
500 |a <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
500 |a <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required 
506 |a Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 
520 3 |a This Selected Issues paper examines infrastructure investment in Brazil. Brazil has inferior overall infrastructure quality relative to almost all its export competitors. Brazil's infrastructure endowment ranks low by international standards, and its low quality affects productivity, market efficiency, and competitiveness. Areas in which Brazil's competitiveness has lagged include, but are not limited to, education, innovation, governance, and justice. Brazil's infrastructure gap has become a major obstacle to growth and filling this gap will entail increasing investment and also stepping up other reforms. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet 
830 0 |a IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;  |v No. 2015/122 
856 4 0 |z Full text available on IMF  |u http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/122/002.2015.issue-122-en.xml  |z IMF e-Library