Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil

Rodrí ; guez, Alberto

Washington, DC : World Bank

关键词: ACCOUNTING;    ADJUSTMENT POLICIES;    AGRICULTURE;    AVERAGE GROWTH;    AVERAGE WAGES;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-7438-2
RP-ID  :  43978

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Brazil has made considerable progresstoward macroeconomic stability since reform measures beganto take hold in the early 1990s, and its economy hasproduced stronger growth as a result an average of 2.5percent annually over the past decade. This study provides abroad, cross-sectoral analysis of Brazil's capacity forproducing knowledge and innovation. As such, it moves beyondthe traditional recommendation that is, builds a stablemacroeconomic environment and business-friendly physical andpolicy infrastructure and instead seeks a more comprehensiveapproach. The fact is that Brazil has delivered someimportant successes with efforts to develop innovation inagriculture, aerospace and energy. But like othermiddle-income nations, it is discovering that it mustre-evaluate its education system, its information technologyinfrastructure, and its policy framework for encouraginginnovation to ensure that its economy as a whole is growingfast enough to keep up with the global competition whilealso guaranteeing progress in its fight against poverty.This study was developed in close consultation withBrazilian government and civil society leaders, who aredeeply engaged with the question of how to foster innovationand greater economic competitiveness. Indeed, the breadth ofthe support for this study is a testament to Brazil'spragmatism and perseverance in pursuing more robust growth.It is also a welcome reflection of its continually evolvingrelationship with the World Bank. Today, Brazil has emergedas a leader of efforts to build South-South cooperation. Inthis role, it can set an important example for othermiddle-income nations and act as a bridge between thenorthern and southern hemispheres.