Knowledge and innovation for competitiveness in Brazil

Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of coffee, sugar, cane-based ethanol, orange juice, and iron ore. Yet over the past 10 years, its economy has grown an average of only 2,5 percent per year. How can Brazil improve its competitiveness in the global economy? Knowledge and innovation for competitiveness in Brazil makes a compelling argument that, in a global economy that is increasingly kno…

Social exclusion and mobility in Brazil

Social exclusion and mobility in Brazil examines the changing income dynamics among homogeneous groups over a 20-year period. With respect to mobility, it tracks changes in the relative positions of social groups with similar characteristics. The analysis derives factors affecting the probability that certain groups will continue to lack equal access to the economic, cultural, and political res…

Radicals in power

Edisi

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ISBN/ISSN

1-84277-173-6

Deskripsi Fisik

xvi, 254 hal. ; 23 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Hospital Performance In Brazil

hospitals are at the center of the health care universe in Brazil and are critical to the health of the Brazilian people. When ill, many brazillians go straight to the hospital, for want of a family doctor or primary care network. Hospitals are a critical part of the goverment's budget, absorbing nearly 70 percent of public spending on health.