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The Role of Services for Economic Performance in Brazil

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  • Jorge Arbache

    (University of Brasilia)

  • Dorothée Rouzet

    (OECD)

  • Francesca Spinelli

    (OECD)

Abstract

This paper highlights the large contribution of services to the Brazilian economy and the under-exploited potential of services to sustain productivity gains and international competitiveness. The areas with the largest potential for regulatory reform include improvements in the general business and trading environment as well as specific policies in transport sectors, telecoms and financial services. Reforms targeting services that add value by favouring productivity and quality enhancements, as well as services that increase efficiency by reducing production costs, have strong potential to unlock manufacturing performance. The set of proposed recommendations emerging from this analysis underlines the importance of streamlining sector-level regulatory frameworks to encourage foreign entry and competition, and the role that cross-cutting improvements in the trade and business environment would play to render services providers more competitive.

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  • Jorge Arbache & Dorothée Rouzet & Francesca Spinelli, 2016. "The Role of Services for Economic Performance in Brazil," OECD Trade Policy Papers 193, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:traaab:193-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlpl4nx0ptc-en
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    1. Avendaño, Rolando & Bontadini, Filippo & Mulder, Nanno & Zaclicever, Dayna, 2020. "Latin America’s faltering manufacturing competitiveness: What role for intermediate services?," Comercio Internacional 45061, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).

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    Keywords

    competitiveness; services; services trade restrictions; trade policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • L8 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services
    • L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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