01889cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018769 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484376331 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Biljanovska, Nina. Structural Reform Priorities for Brazil / Nina Biljanovska, Damiano Sandri. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <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 Over the last few decades, Brazil has experienced relatively weak economic growth due to stagnant productivity. To boost productivity, Brazil should embark on an ambitious structural reform process. In doing so, it is crucial that authorities select a few reform priorities to avoid dispersing political capital on an overly broad reform agenda. The paper aims to identify Brazil's reform priorities in two steps. First, it estimates the impact that different reforms have on Brazil's productivity. Second, it analyzes survey data to assess the extent of public support for reforms. The results show that banking sector reforms would generate the largest productivity gains and have the highest level of public support. Moreover, they would also be relatively easy to legislate and generate significant fiscal savings. Mode of access: Internet Sandri, Damiano. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/224 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/224/001.2018.issue-224-en.xml IMF e-Library