Rodriguez, Alberto2012-08-132012-08-132007-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10293Brazil has made considerable progress toward macroeconomic stability since reform measures began to take hold in the early 1990s, and its economy has produced stronger growth as a result-an average of 2.5 percent annually over the past decade. Brazil will have been much better able to take advantage of domestic and international opportunities to spur growth, as did competitors such as China. The Brazilian economy has remained stable as a result of prudent macroeconomic management-including fiscal and monetary policy, as well as debt management. In Brazil, investment in technological innovation comes mainly from the public sector. Brazil invested in research and development infrastructure far earlier than most other developing countries. Acquiring and adapting global knowledge and technology Brazilian firms are just awakening to the full benefits that acquired foreign technology can bring. The report proposes concrete actions in six key areas-the enabling environment, knowledge creation and commercialization, acquisition of foreign knowledge, leveraging and dissemination of technology use, basic education and skills, and tertiary education.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONACCOUNTINGACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGEACTIVE CITIZENSHIPACTIVE LEARNINGADVANCED SKILLSAPPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGEBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION SYSTEMBASIC SKILLSBUSINESS PROCESSESCAPITAL GOODSCENTERS OF EXCELLENCECLASSROOMCLASSROOM TEACHINGCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCURRICULAR FACTORSDEBTDEBT MANAGEMENTDISTANCE LEARNINGDOCTORAL TRAININGEARNINGSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL EXPENDITUREEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMENGINEERSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFOREIGN INVESTMENTFORMAL EDUCATIONFORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEMFORMAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEGLOBAL MARKETSGRADUATE STUDIESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL FORMATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINCOMEINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYJOB TENUREKNOWLEDGE CREATIONKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLARGE ENTERPRISESLATIN AMERICANLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYMACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCEMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMASTERS DEGREESMATHMONETARY POLICYNUMERACYPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY LEVELPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTPRIVATE UNIVERSITIESPROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLSPRODUCTIVITYPROGRAMSPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC DEBTPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGRESEARCH CAPACITYSCHOOL DROPOUTSCHOOLSSCIENTISTSSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSKILLED WORKERSSMALLER FIRMSSOFTWARE INDUSTRYSTATE UNIVERSITIESTEACHERTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELTRAINEESTRAINING PARTNERSHIPSUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY GRADUATESUNIVERSITY TRAININGUNSKILLED WORKERSWORKERSWORLD MARKETSWorld Bank10.1596/10293