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:
OIL
GAS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892495/brazil-growth-poverty-reduction-rio-gande-norte-state-economic-memorandum
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spelling okr-10986-146832021-04-23T14:03:17Z Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum World Bank 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 ECONOMIC GROWTH 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 POVERTY REDUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GOVERNANCE SAFETY 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. 2013-07-31T14:42:17Z 2013-07-31T14:42:17Z 2004-01-16 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington DC Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic 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
ECONOMIC GROWTH
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
POVERTY REDUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION
HEALTH
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
GOVERNANCE
SAFETY
spellingShingle 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
ECONOMIC GROWTH
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
POVERTY REDUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION
HEALTH
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
GOVERNANCE
SAFETY
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Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum
author World Bank
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title Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum
title_short Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum
title_full Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum
title_fullStr Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum
title_full_unstemmed Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte: A State Economic Memorandum
title_sort brazil - growth and poverty reduction in rio gande do norte: a state economic memorandum
publisher Washington DC
publishDate 2013
url 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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