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A new IRIBA working paper by Professor Edmund Amann examines Brazil’s ongoing economic and political crisis and addresses two key questions: First, to what extent was the crisis a result of inherent flaws in the development model that had underpinned previous successes? Second, can th

Building on their research for the IRIBA project, Francisco Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Julian Messina have recently published a new World Bank paper: ‘Ageing poorly? : accounting for the decline in earnings inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012‘.  The key finding are:   

Professor Ed Amann was recently interviewed about the Brazilian development model by the Colombia Global Center in Rio. Watch the wide-ranging interview here: Read an open access special issue on the research here.

IRIBA project leads Ed Amann and Armando Barrientos offer their perspective on the research findings, following our final workshop in Rio de Janeiro in December 2016.

IRIBA researcher Ernani Torres outlines the role of the BNDES in Brazil, and how it is changing given the current economic and political climate.

IRIBA researcher Tom Trebat outlines some of the challenges facing proponents of infrastructure development in Brazil, and the government’s increasing emphasis on private sector financing.

As presented at our 2016 Rio de Janeiro findings workshop by IRIBA co-lead researcher Armando Barrientos. Listen now:  

As presented at our 2016 Rio de Janeiro findings workshop by IRIBA researcher Paulo Figueiredo. Listen now:

As presented at our 2016 Rio de Janeiro findings workshop by IRIBA researchers Edmund Amann and Thomas Trebat. Listen now: