Transport in Nineteenth-Century Brazil -- Railroad policy, finance, and expansion -- The direct gains from railroad freight services -- Railroad passenger benefits -- Railroads and Brazilian economic structure -- Dividing the surplus : subsidies, regulation, and profits

Introduction and Recent Economic Developments -- External Trends -- Trade, Regional Co-operation and South-South Linkages -- Aid, Foreign Debt and Investment -- Internal Trends -- Governance, Parastatal Organizations, the Business Environment and -- the Informal Sector -- Civil Strife -- Health,...

Introduction and Recent Economic Developments -- External Trends -- Trade, Regional Co-operation and South-South Linkages -- Aid, Foreign Debt and Investment -- Internal Trends -- Governance, Parastatal Organizations, the Business Environment and -- the Informal Sector -- Civil Strife -- Health,...