The aim of the paper, based on empirical research in Brazil, is to investigate how supply chains have evolved over time … direct investments in human and physical capital to Brazil. …

After half a century of overt inward-oriented policies, Brazil finally moved to open its trade regime in the early 1990 …s. Being one the last countries to make this move in a region that notoriously lagged behind East Asia, Brazil was quick … agenda and argues that if Brazil really wants to fully enjoy the growth and welfare benefits of trade, it needs to further …

economic output in Brazil from 2011 to 2021. We adopt a difference-in-differences strategy with staggered treatment timing …

in LAC. We analyze and compare inequality measures for water expenditures and income for Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica …, bottled water, and water delivered by trucks, align more closely with income distribution than tap water alone in Brazil …

significant positive effects of the factors of production on growth and plausible convergence rates (about 2 percent). The …