This paper addresses a key issue of the link between increased capital inflows through FDI and industrial competitiveness in Brazil. It provides an analysis of the two way relationship which can exist in theory between FDI and competitiveness, as well as some empirical evidence from Brazil in...

The paper analyses industrial competitiveness policies adopted in Brazil from 1995 to 2000 and compares them to previous economic measures and instruments related to the theme. A number of changes over previous policies were identified, such as: a) the agenda of competitiveness policies is...