Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum

Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum

Brazil was the fastest growing country in the world between 1930 and 1995, with an average annual growth rate of 6.1 percent. By 2000, Brazil's per-capita income stood at R$6,500. While RN's per capita income is slightly above half the na...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Economic Memorandum
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington DC 2013
Subjects:	ANNUAL GROWTH RATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITA GROWTH CIVIL SOCIETY CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPLIANCE COSTS CORRUPTION CURRENCY UNIT DEBT DEMOGRAPHICS DEPENDENCY RATIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FINANCIAL SITUATION FOOD BASKET GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR UNIONS LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL POLICIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OIL PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY TRENDS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGNOSIS PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY STANDARDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SHARECROPPING SHORT TERM SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX BASE TAX COMPLIANCE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE UNEQUAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VIOLENCE WAGES WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY YOUNG PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PER CAPITA INCOME EMPLOYMENT GENERATION SALT INDUSTRY COTTON INDUSTRY SUGAR INDUSTRY CATTLE INDUSTRY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS COMMUNICATIONS TOURISM INDUSTRY DOMESTIC SERVICE AGRICULTURE NUTS POULTRY MILK TEXTILES ELECTRICITY GAS WATER MINING INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATION HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GOVERNANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892495/brazil-growth-poverty-reduction-rio-gande-norte-state-economic-memorandum http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14683

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Summary:	Brazil was the fastest growing country in the world between 1930 and 1995, with an average annual growth rate of 6.1 percent. By 2000, Brazil's per-capita income stood at R$6,500. While RN's per capita income is slightly above half the national average, it increased from 43 percent of the national average in 1947 to 47 percent in 1998, implying that RN's economy grew faster than that of Brazil for over half a century. This has also been true in recent years. Between 1990-1998, RN's income per capita showed a respectable trend growth rate of 3.0 percent. The close relationship between Brazil's economic growth and RN's economic progress in the last five decades reflects a response to common macroeconomic forces and external environment as well as the enormous influence of national policies and programs on RN's economy. However, the state can also implement policies and programs to stimulate growth and employment. For this purpose, an understanding of trends in state GDP and employment and of the sources of growth is important. RN's economy has undergone a rapid and welcome transformation from one dependent on salt, cotton, sugar, and cattle to one dominated by services. The service sector has increased its share of GDP from 40 percent in 1985 to 59 percent in 1998. Over this period, the share of industry declined from 50 to 34 percent and the share of agriculture fell from 9 to 7 percent, though its share of total employment remains relatively high at 18 percent, reflecting lower productivity of agricultural workers. The shares of services and industry in total employment are 53 and 29 percent, respectively.

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