Edmund Amann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1143814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edmund Amann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edmund |
| FAMILY NAME | Amann |
| SIGNATURE | AMANN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Anti-Poverty Transfers and Poverty Reduction
This chapter examines the role that public policy initiatives—specifically anti-poverty transfers—have played in the reduction of poverty and inequality in Brazil. A number of anti-poverty initiatives are considered in turn, and not just the widely known Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program. The analysis establishes that such transfers—including conditional cash transfers—have proved surprisingly effective, even helping to tackle long-…
The Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy
Brazil constitutes a globally vital but troubled economy. It accounts for the largest GDP in Latin America and ranks among the world’s largest exporters of critical commodities including iron ore, soya, coffee, and beef. In recent years Brazil’s global economic importance has been magnified by a surge in both outward and inward foreign direct investment. This has served to further internationalize what has been historically a relatively closed ec…
Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy
The Colonial Economy
The chapter deals with characteristics of the Brazilian colonial period (from 1500 to independence from Portugal in 1822) that have exercised a significant influence on later developments. Three aspects of the institutional framework of Portuguese colonization are emphasized: the relations between the colonial government and the private sector; the pattern of access to land by colonists; and the widespread use of slave labor. It is argued that co…
Changes in Income Distribution in Brazil
Income inequality in Brazil, already high, increased after the military coup of 1964 and remained very high even after democratization in the 1980s. It decreased substantially in the period 2001-2014, after inflation was controlled. The Gini index of the per capita household income dropped from 0.594 in 2001 to 0.513 in 2014. The determinants of this decline in inequality are analyzed considering the components of that income and how each one aff…
Corruption Scandals, the Evolution of Anti-Corruption Institutions, and Their Impact on Brazil's Economy
This chapter considers corruption in the Brazilian context and the impact this may have had on economic performance. It is first suggested that a corruption scandal can create a window of opportunity for reforms, such that a government's action or inaction in the aftermath of a scandal may signify its commitment to institutional change. The chapter assesses the impacts of past scandals and responsive institutional reforms on perceptions of corrup…
Is there a Brazilian model of development? Are there lessons for countries in Africa?
Brazil’s recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil’s unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The paper argues that Brazil’s unique combination of economic and social policies is at the root of its inclusive growth, but it is poorly understood. An assessment as to whether this combination constitutes a mode…
Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries
PART I: THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONTEXT 1. Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries: An Introduction 2. Building Innovative Capabilities in Latecomer Emerging Market Firms: Some Key Issues PART II: INNOVATIVE FIRMS IN EMERGING MARKETS: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES ASIA 3. China 4. India 5. Malaysia 6. South Korea and Taiwan LATIN AMERICA 7. Brazil 8. Argentina PART III: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS 9. Conclusions
Brazil as an emerging economy
This article shows that abundant resources and blind faith in an optimistic future cannot result in sustainable growth in Brazil. There are great deficiencies in various areas which make sustained high growth rates almost impossible to achieve, such as the low investment ratio, deficiencies in creating human capital, high interest rates leading to an uncompetitive exchange rate and a lack of infrastructural development
Mexico
This paper uses dynamic panel techniques to evaluate the extent to which Mexico’s consumer price index will be affected by food price inflation in the long term. We argue that sharp increases in international food prices (of the type seen since 2001) are likely to persist and to reinforce domestic growth constraints in Mexico. Our results suggest that in an economy like Mexico’s that is highly dependent on imported food, the consumer price index …
Neoliberalismo e concentração de mercado no Brasil
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Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
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Uk Corporate Acquisitions In Latin America In The 1990s
During the 1990s, foreign direct investment flowed into Latin America at an unprecedented rate. Capital inflows associated with privatizations and private mergers and acquisitions (M&As) rose steeply. Drawing on original firm–level transactions data, this article examines the extent to which UK enterprises participated in the Latin American privatization and private M&A boom. The authors conclude that, relative to their counterparts in many other…
Neoliberalism and its Consequences in Brazil
This article examines the impact of a decade of neoliberal policies on poverty and income distribution in Brazil. It demonstrates that while trade and market reform contributed towards the attainment of price stability and accelerated capital inflows, little was achieved by way of reducing income inequality and poverty. The article concludes by outlining the policy options which might be adopted to tackle this critical problem
The Illusion of Stability
Globalisation and the Brazilian steel industry
Over the course of the 1988-97 period, the Brazilian steel sector was subject to an unprecedented programme of trade liberalisation and privatisation while becoming far more open towards foreign investment and technology inflows. Using various indicators of competitive performance, it is established that the impact of this drive towards globalisation was broadly favourable. Productivity and the technological level of production processes improved…
Mauricio Coutinho, The Brazilian Fiscal System in the 1990s
The Illusion of Stability
Neoliberalism and its Consequences in Brazil
This article examines the impact of a decade of neoliberal policies on poverty and income distribution in Brazil. It demonstrates that while trade and market reform contributed towards the attainment of price stability and accelerated capital inflows, little was achieved by way of reducing income inequality and poverty. The article concludes by outlining the policy options which might be adopted to tackle this critical problem
Anchors Away
Brazil as an emerging economy
This article shows that abundant resources and blind faith in an optimistic future cannot result in sustainable growth in Brazil. There are great deficiencies in various areas which make sustained high growth rates almost impossible to achieve, such as the low investment ratio, deficiencies in creating human capital, high interest rates leading to an uncompetitive exchange rate and a lack of infrastructural development
Changes in Income Distribution in Brazil
Income inequality in Brazil, already high, increased after the military coup of 1964 and remained very high even after democratization in the 1980s. It decreased substantially in the period 2001-2014, after inflation was controlled. The Gini index of the per capita household income dropped from 0.594 in 2001 to 0.513 in 2014. The determinants of this decline in inequality are analyzed considering the components of that income and how each one aff…
Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
Mauricio Coutinho, The Brazilian Fiscal System in the 1990s
Globalisation and the Brazilian steel industry
Over the course of the 1988-97 period, the Brazilian steel sector was subject to an unprecedented programme of trade liberalisation and privatisation while becoming far more open towards foreign investment and technology inflows. Using various indicators of competitive performance, it is established that the impact of this drive towards globalisation was broadly favourable. Productivity and the technological level of production processes improved…
The Illusion of Stability
Uk Corporate Acquisitions In Latin America In The 1990s
During the 1990s, foreign direct investment flowed into Latin America at an unprecedented rate. Capital inflows associated with privatizations and private mergers and acquisitions (M&As) rose steeply. Drawing on original firm–level transactions data, this article examines the extent to which UK enterprises participated in the Latin American privatization and private M&A boom. The authors conclude that, relative to their counterparts in many other…
Neoliberalism and its Consequences in Brazil
This article examines the impact of a decade of neoliberal policies on poverty and income distribution in Brazil. It demonstrates that while trade and market reform contributed towards the attainment of price stability and accelerated capital inflows, little was achieved by way of reducing income inequality and poverty. The article concludes by outlining the policy options which might be adopted to tackle this critical problem
Anchors Away
Neoliberalismo e concentração de mercado no Brasil
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Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
Mexico
This paper uses dynamic panel techniques to evaluate the extent to which Mexico’s consumer price index will be affected by food price inflation in the long term. We argue that sharp increases in international food prices (of the type seen since 2001) are likely to persist and to reinforce domestic growth constraints in Mexico. Our results suggest that in an economy like Mexico’s that is highly dependent on imported food, the consumer price index …
Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries
PART I: THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONTEXT 1. Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries: An Introduction 2. Building Innovative Capabilities in Latecomer Emerging Market Firms: Some Key Issues PART II: INNOVATIVE FIRMS IN EMERGING MARKETS: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES ASIA 3. China 4. India 5. Malaysia 6. South Korea and Taiwan LATIN AMERICA 7. Brazil 8. Argentina PART III: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS 9. Conclusions
Brazil as an emerging economy
This article shows that abundant resources and blind faith in an optimistic future cannot result in sustainable growth in Brazil. There are great deficiencies in various areas which make sustained high growth rates almost impossible to achieve, such as the low investment ratio, deficiencies in creating human capital, high interest rates leading to an uncompetitive exchange rate and a lack of infrastructural development
Is there a Brazilian model of development? Are there lessons for countries in Africa?
Brazil’s recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil’s unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The paper argues that Brazil’s unique combination of economic and social policies is at the root of its inclusive growth, but it is poorly understood. An assessment as to whether this combination constitutes a mode…
Anti-Poverty Transfers and Poverty Reduction
This chapter examines the role that public policy initiatives—specifically anti-poverty transfers—have played in the reduction of poverty and inequality in Brazil. A number of anti-poverty initiatives are considered in turn, and not just the widely known Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program. The analysis establishes that such transfers—including conditional cash transfers—have proved surprisingly effective, even helping to tackle long-…
The Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy
Brazil constitutes a globally vital but troubled economy. It accounts for the largest GDP in Latin America and ranks among the world’s largest exporters of critical commodities including iron ore, soya, coffee, and beef. In recent years Brazil’s global economic importance has been magnified by a surge in both outward and inward foreign direct investment. This has served to further internationalize what has been historically a relatively closed ec…
Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy
The Colonial Economy
The chapter deals with characteristics of the Brazilian colonial period (from 1500 to independence from Portugal in 1822) that have exercised a significant influence on later developments. Three aspects of the institutional framework of Portuguese colonization are emphasized: the relations between the colonial government and the private sector; the pattern of access to land by colonists; and the widespread use of slave labor. It is argued that co…
Changes in Income Distribution in Brazil
Income inequality in Brazil, already high, increased after the military coup of 1964 and remained very high even after democratization in the 1980s. It decreased substantially in the period 2001-2014, after inflation was controlled. The Gini index of the per capita household income dropped from 0.594 in 2001 to 0.513 in 2014. The determinants of this decline in inequality are analyzed considering the components of that income and how each one aff…
Corruption Scandals, the Evolution of Anti-Corruption Institutions, and Their Impact on Brazil's Economy
This chapter considers corruption in the Brazilian context and the impact this may have had on economic performance. It is first suggested that a corruption scandal can create a window of opportunity for reforms, such that a government's action or inaction in the aftermath of a scandal may signify its commitment to institutional change. The chapter assesses the impacts of past scandals and responsive institutional reforms on perceptions of corrup…
Economics (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Economy (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Global trade and economics (4 works) · Inequality (4 works)