O2 Development Planning and Policy

摘要

Baer, Werner, ed. The Regional Impact of National Policies: The Case of Brazil. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2012. Pp. vi, 254. $115.00. ISBN 978-0-85793-669-1. Twelve papers, based on presentations made at a conference held in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil, in November 2010, explore how the Brazilian government's general economic policies have influenced the regional distribution of economic growth. Papers discuss the regional impacts of Juscelino Kubitschek's Targets Program; regional imbalances in Brazil according to social inclusion; social programs, industrial deconcentration, and the recent decrease in regional income inequality in Brazil; labor policies in Brazil; the impact of privatization on Brazil's regions; science, technology, and innovation policies in the regional development of Brazil; foreign direct investment in Brazil from a regional perspective; stabilization policies and regional development in Brazil; the use of native forests versus economic growth in Brazil-whether it is possible to reach a balance; regional development and agricultural expansion in Brazil's Legal Amazon-the case of the Mato Grosso frontier; Embrapa-its origins and changes; and the regional impact of federal government programs in Brazil-the case of Rio de Janeiro. Baer is Lemann Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Index.