This paper analyzes a set of infrastructure programs (Sewer, Housing, Transports, Communications and Energy) in the Northeast region of Brazil, announced by the federal government in the scope of the PAC (Plano de Aceleração do Crescimento). We use an interregional computable general...

The Brazilian federal government has recently set out plans encompassing detailed public expenditure programs and targets on infra-structure investment (PAC, Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento). We investigate the sectoral, regional and national economic consequences of the PAC in Minas...

This paper uses a fully operational inter-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model implemented for the Brazilian economy, based on previous work by Haddad and Hewings, in order to assess the likely economic effects of road transportation policy changes in Brazil. Among the features...

O objetivo deste trabalho é projetar os impactos econômicos da Copa do Mundo de 2014 sobre a economia brasileira, o estado de Minas Gerais e a região de Belo Horizonte. Consideram-se os investimentos em reforma/construção de infra-estrutura esportiva (estádios) e urbana divulgados...