Research report on interactions between political developments, economic conditions and labour relations in Brazil from 1964 to 1976 - covers characteristics of the political system, economic development, trade relations, the wage payment system, inflation and its control, trade union rights, etc. Graphs, references and statistical tables.

Cohn lays out a new strategy of how states can produce economic development in poor nations – by considering barber shops, beauty parlours, hotels and restaurants in Brazil. Cohn considers the case of nations with budgetary limits that cannot afford to follow the East Asian model, and finds alternative policies that create jobs and reduce poverty.

Research report on interactions between political developments, economic conditions and labour relations in Brazil from 1964 to 1976 - covers characteristics of the political system, economic development, trade relations, the wage payment system, inflation and its control, trade union rights, etc. Graphs, references and statistical tables.

Continued social and economic progress in Brazil will depend on high employment, sustained labor productivity and income growth, and opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged to upgrade their own productivity and convert it into sustainable incomes.