Brazil in the 1990s

MARCOS THADEU ABICALIL Architect, Urban and Regional Planning, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro CICLEY MOUTINHO AMARAL Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universidade de Sao Paulo RICARO BIELSCHOWSKY Professor, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro JOSAe M RCIO CAMARGO Professor, Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro JOSAe EDUARO CASSIOLATO Head of Research Group on Economics of Innovation, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro RUBENS PENHA CYSNE Professor, Fundacao Getulio Vargas GUILHERME LEITE SILVA DIAS Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universidade de Sao Paulo SONIA DRAIBE Professor, Universidade Estadual de Campinas JOA O CARLOS FERRAZ Professor, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro MARCELO NERI Chief, Centre for Social Policies, Fundacao Getulio Vargas JOSAe CLEMENTE DE OLIVEIRA Former Director, National Development Bank MAURICIO CORTEZ REIS Department of Economics, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro SEBASTIA O JOSAe MARTINS SOARES Mining Engineer, (Fundacao Getulio Vargas), former Superintendent, National Development Bank MARINA SZAPIRO Research Assistant, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro PAULO TIGRE Professor, Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro M RCIO WOHLERS Professor of Telecommunications, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

New international conditions and changes in the traditional way of economic policymaking have led to an unprecedented economic environment, with low inflation rates, broader access to imported goods and reduced interference from the State.The 1990s represented for the Brazilian economy a period of quite significant change. New international conditions and changes in the traditional way of economic policymaking have led to an unprecedented economic environment, with low inflation rates, broader access to imported goods and reduced interference from the State. A number of modifications in the conditions faced by the productive sector have taken place, but several shortcomings - mainly in the social area - still remain. This book presents the major aspects of that process in a systematic way.