The Brazilian economy growth and development

PART I: HISTORICAP PERSPECTIVE: Introduction and overview -- Historical perspective -- Early industrial growth -- The post-World War II industrialization drive: 1946-1961 -- Stagnation and boom: Brazil in the 1960s and 1970s -- From adjustment to external shocks to the debt crisis: 1973-1985 -- The resurgence of inflation in Brazil: 1974-1986 -- The decline and fall of Brazil's Cruzado -- Brazil's drifting economy: stagnation and inflation during 1987-1993 -- The illusion of stability: the Brazilian economy under Cardoso -- PART II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: The external sector: trade and foreign investments -- Brazil's extended public sector: its changing role and privatization -- The banking system: privatization and restructuring -- Regional imbalances -- The performance of agriculture -- Environmental aspects of Brazil's development -- Health in Brazil's development process -- Structural changes in Brazil's industrial economy, 1960-1995.