World Bank2013-08-092013-08-092000-08-21https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14979Although the State of Ceara, in Brazil, is a model of good economic, and fiscal performance given its poverty status, recent analysis show poverty remains severe, in spite of significant reductions over the last decade. The combination of good governance, and sound fiscal management, industrial promotion, and public investments have been successful, but the report questions whether different policies, could have led to higher growth, and poverty reduction, or, whether it is simply a matter of time to further reduce poverty rates. Arguably, Ceara can continue to develop economically, based on favorable assets, such as agriculture, or tourism, on a large labor force with wages comparatively low by Brazilian standards, and on fiscal responsibility. But development is constrained by low productivity, low education levels, and by large populations living in stagnant regions, where water accessibility is limited. While alternatives either suggest to: strengthen the existing policy on industry development; focus on massive public investments, namely education, and infrastructure; or, exercise an explicit welfare strategy, recommendations stipulate improvements in education, development of public-private partnerships, removal of industrial incentives through reform policies, implementation of institutional framework for water resource management, and, overall social safety nets to reduce poverty.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPOVERTY REDUCTIONECONOMIC GROWTHFISCAL EFFICIENCYGOVERNANCEINDUSTRIAL PROMOTIONINDUSTRIAL INCENTIVESPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPOLICY REFORMLABOR FORCE POPULATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOW-INCOME ECONOMIESEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONACCESS TO WATERINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTWELFARE STATEPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SAFETY NETSINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGINGAGRICULTURAL SECTORAVERAGE GROWTHBASIC EDUCATIONBENEFIT ANALYSISCLIMATECOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOST RECOVERYCURRENCY UNITDEBTDEVELOPMENT POLICYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MEMORANDUMECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC REFORMSECONOMIC STUDIESEDUCATION LEVELEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT STATUSEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITURE ANALYSISEXPENDITURE REVIEWEXPENDITURESEXTERNALITIESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESGROWTH EFFECTGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH POLICIESGROWTH RATEHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEALTH CAREHEALTH POLICYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALINCENTIVE POLICIESINCOMEINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIAL POLICYINTERNATIONAL TRADELABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLAND REFORMLIVING STANDARDSLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENTLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDYMANAGEMENT CAPACITYMIGRATIONNATIONAL AVERAGENATIONAL POLICIESNATIONAL POVERTYOVERALL COSTSPARTNERSHIPPENSION SYSTEMPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY ACTIONSPOLICY FOCUSPOLICY INSTRUMENTSPOLICY ISSUESPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY MAKINGPOLICY OPTIONSPOLICY REFORMSPOLLUTIONPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY TARGETINGPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIORITY AREASPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC ACTIONSPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGREDUCING POVERTYRURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL EMPLOYMENTRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYSAFETYSAFETY NETSCHOOL GRADUATESSECTORAL COMPOSITIONSERVICE SECTORSIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL SPENDINGSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONSTATE POLICIESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRANSFER PAYMENTSUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONWAGESWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLYWorld Bank10.1596/14979