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Brazil is a large emerging economy, and its electricity sector is quite unique. In some aspects, it could be an example to follow while, in others, there is wide scope for improvement. Brazil may be considered as a leading example of a clean and renewable generation mix and of security of supply because of its abundant natural resources. The predominance of hydro generation and its high-water storage capacity puts the country in an excellent position.

Additional Info. Topics: Health, Nutrition and Population, Health Financing, Health Financing and Sustainability. Regions: Latin America & Caribbean. GP: Public Service Delivery, Social Protection & Jobs. Keywords: Health, Finance, Latin America, Universal Health Care, Brazil, Healthcare, social programs Unified Health System, Brazil's Primary Care Strategy, total health expenditures per capita, universal public health.

Brazil is a large emerging economy, and its electricity sector is quite unique. In some aspects, it could be an example to follow while, in others, there is wide scope for improvement. Brazil may be considered as a leading example of a clean and renewable generation mix and of security of supply because of its abundant natural resources.

Over the last few years, Brazil’s growth has significantly decelerated. Accompanying this slowdown, a change in commentary on Brazil’s economic future has emerged, and is reflected in a recent ratings downgrade of Brazilian sovereign paper and an overall much-bleaker growth outlook both for the near and medium term.

One of the government’s initiatives to address Brazil’s stagnant agriculture sector and food scarcity was Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária). Embrapa has succeeded in adapting, creating, and transferring technologies to Brazilian farmers for the past 30 years, helping transform Brazil into one of the world’s largest food exporters.

Brazil - Health Financing Profile An overview of the resources Brazil commits to financing healthcare 4.625 Newly Added Knowledge Note Youth out of School and out of Work in Brazil Challenges and Solutions around the ninis in Brazil 4.8 Newly Added Knowledge Note Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil

Brazil, although labor and financing conditions have improved, activity indicators remain sluggish. Chile and Mexico are both experiencing slowdowns, and the Argentine economy continues to contract. Recent data for Colombia indicates a gradually building expansion, however. In contrast to global trends, trade in the region continues to expand.

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This note studies the long-run impacts of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. After a brief review of gender issues in Brazil, this note describes a framework for quantifying the growth effects of gender-based policies in developing economies. The analysis is based on a computable overlapping generations (OLG) model that accounts for the impact of access to infrastructure on women’s time allocation, as well as human capital accumulation, inter- and ...