Roots of Brazilian Relative Economic Backwardness

by Alexandre Rands Barros

Roots of Brazil’s Relative Economic Backwardness explains Brazil’s development level in light of modern theories regarding economic growth and international economics. It focuses on both the proximate and fundamental causes of Brazil’s slow development, turning currently dominant hypotheses upside down. To support its arguments, the book presents extensive statistical analysis of Brazilian long-term development, with some new series on per capita GDP, population ethnical composition, and human capital stock, among others. It is an important resource in the ongoing debate on the causes of Latin American underdeveloped economies.

292 pages, Paperback

Published July 29, 2016

About the author

Ph.D em Economia pela University of Illinois em 1991. Foi economista da Organização Internacional do Açúcar em Londres. É atualmente professor do Departamento de Economia da UFPE. Possui produção bibliográfica que inclui cerca de 80 artigos científicos escritos. Publicou o livro Desigualdades regionais no Brasil: natureza, causas, origens e soluções, pela Campus/Elsevier.