Business-State Relations in Brazil

Taylor & Francis

Business-State Relations in BrazilChallenges of the Port Reform Lobby\nAuthor(s): Mahrukh Doctor\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367000318, 978-0367000318\nSynopsis\nIn recent years, the spotlight of international attention on Brazil has often been in the area of logistics infrastructurefor example, on its capacity to deal with the high demand expected during the World Cup and the Olympics. However, neither competitiveness nor infrastructure concerns are new for Brazil. In the 1990s, Brazilian policy-makers adopted a series of liberalizing economic reforms that exposed the poor condition of logistics infrastructure and inadequate investment in Brazilian ports, roads, railways and airports. Over twenty years later, the implications of those reforms still colour Brazils prospects for development.\n\nMahrukh Doctors book evaluates the political economy of reform in Brazil and the difficulty of implementing institu.