Description: Agriculture and Industry in Brazil is a study of the economics of Brazilian agriculture and industry, with a special focus on the importance of innovation to productivity growth. It examines technological change in Brazil, highlighting the role of public policy in building institutions and creating an innovation-oriented environment.
Brief description: Albert Fishlow is Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affiairs, Columbia University. He is most recently the author of O Novo Brasil (Editora SaintPaul, 2011) and Starting Over: Brazil Since 1985 (Brookings, 2010).
Review Quotes: This book's treatment of the importance of innovation in the Brazilian agricultural sector and the role that Embrapa played in that innovation is extremely interesting, important, and original.--Steven M. Helfand, University of California, Riverside