Green Economy Policies in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities

• Authors: Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young

Title variants

ES

La política de economía verde en Brasil: retos y oportunidades

• Languages of publication: EN ES

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses the possibilities and difficulties in implementing green economy policies in Brazil. It starts with a discussion about the current trend of specialization in “brown” activities, and argues that a transition towards an alternative, more sustainable development pattern requires a new competitive paradigm, with changing attitudes for both the public and private sectors. This requires new approaches for economic policy making at all levels, including macroeconomic (fiscal and monetary), regulatory and financing issues. New metrics are also necessary to evaluate how “green” the economy is. This means that the transition towards a green economy will not take place without structural reforms, changing the role of the Brazilian state and the regulatory framework for this to happen

ES

El artículo presenta las posibilidades y dificultades vinculadas con la implementación de políticas de “economía verde” en Brasil. Al comienzo se analiza el problema de la tendencia actual en las actividades de la “economía marrón”, para demostrar que la transición hacia el desarrollo más sostenible exige un nuevo paradigma competitivo, con el cambio de actitudes, tanto para el sector público como privado. Esto requiere nuevos enfoques para la formulación de políticas económicas en todos los niveles, incluidas las políticas macroeconómicas (monetaria y fiscal), de regulación y financiación. Es necesario también establecer nuevos indicadores para evaluar si de hecho la economía se ha vuelto “verde”. Esto significa que la transición hacia la “economía verde” no será posible sin reformas estructurales, el cambio del papel del Estado brasileño y la legislación

Keywords

EN

green economy; economic policy; sustainable development; Brazil

ES

“economía verde”; política económica; desarrollo sostenible; Brasil

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Revista del CESLA. International Latin American Studies Review
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 16
• Pages: 261-277

Contributors

author

Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young

• Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), National Institute of Science and Technology on Public Policies, Strategies and Development (INCT PPED)

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