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Business Environment and Productivity in Brazil

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  • Otaviano Canuto

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This report addresses the business environment in Brazil as one of the determinants responsible for the weak evolution of productivity in recent decades. After addressing this productivity performance, we define what constitutes the business environment, using as a reference the three ways in which the World Bank has been addressing the subject. Next, we highlight how the business environment affects productivity in a country. Finally, we review some recent reforms in in the country's business environment and available evidence on their likely effects on productivity.

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  • Otaviano Canuto, 2025. "Business Environment and Productivity in Brazil," Research papers & Policy papers on Economic Trends and Policies 2522, Policy Center for the New South.
    • Handle: RePEc:ocp:rpaeco:rp16_25
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    2. Otaviano Canuto & Hinh T. Dinh & Karim El Aynaoui, 2024. "The Middle-Income Trap and Resource-Based Growth: the Case of Brazil," Research papers & Policy papers on Economic Trends and Policies 2406, Policy Center for the New South.
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