Complementarities between political and economic institutions have kept Brazil in a low-level economic equilibrium since 1985.

This book assesses the performance of the first Lula government (2002-06) from different perspectives including economics, politics, history and social policy.

Shows that economic concerns about jobs, costs, and consumption, rather than climate change, are likely to drive energy transition in developing countries.

Over the last fifteen years the world's largest developing countries have initiated market reform in their electric power sectors from generation to distributio

In Brazil, the confluence of strong global demand for the country's major products, global successes for its major corporations, and steady results from its eco