The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power

Casanova, Lourdes; Kassum, Julian

doi:10.1057/9781137352361

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“…However, very few studies have been conducted with a research focus on the economies of developing countries, such as those in Latin America. Numerous authors have suggested that research based on developed or highly industrialized countries cannot necessarily be applied to emerging countries (Cuervo-Cazurra et al 2014; Peña-Vinces and Urbano 2014) as the economic situation of such countries is rather different, and many of them are undergoing consolidation (Casanova and Kassum 2014;Peña-Vinces et al 2012;Peña-Vinces and Delgado-Marquez 2013). There has been a recent increase in research considering multinational enterprises (MNEs) located in Latin America as a topic of study (Cuervo-Cazurra et al 2014;Cuervo-Cazurra 2008;Peña-Vinces et al 2012; Peña-Vinces and Delgado-Marquez 2013).…”

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International Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Peru, a Latin-American Emerging Market

Peña‐Vinces¹,

Casanova²,

Uyen³

et al. 2016

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

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Our research studies the international competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging Latin-American country. Using a sample of 100 SMEs in Peru, we find that firms compete abroad with standardized products, which are conditioned by the host-country markets, human capital, and industry cooperation. However, the results show that the age and size of the firm are not determining factors in competing overseas. Our findings open a new agenda for policymakers when interpreting how they should promote and support Latin-American SMEs.

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International Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Peru, a Latin-American Emerging Market

Peña‐Vinces¹,

Casanova²,

Uyen³

et al. 2016

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

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“…13 Additionally, smaller firms like Queiroz Galvão established themselves, for instance in Ghana, which was experiencing its own petroleum-driven boom between 2008 and 2012 (Whitfield, 2018) and using the firm to build motorway projects in Accra and elsewhere. 14 The commodity boom was also a major bonus for commodity-exporting Brazil, increasing the government's budget for diplomatic ventures, South-South development cooperation and subsidised loans for infrastructure (Casanova & Kassum, 2014). Equally, the bust in commodities in 2014 then became part of the explanation for the downgrading of Brazil-Africa relations, reducing the profitability of mineral and petroleum projects and squeezing the budgets of the companies and governments of Brazil and many of those in Africa .…”

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What Holds Back Dam Building? The Role of Brazil in the Stagnation of Dams in Tanzania

Dye

2020

SSRN Journal

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Across Africa, a number of major dam projects have been resurrected, often with the backing of the so-called emerging powers. However, many are yet to reach construction and are stuck in the early phases of implementation, with studies ongoing. This paper examines this issue in Tanzania, where eight dam projects were pursued between 2005 and 2017 yet only one reached construction. Beyond the literature on anti-dam activists, there is little analysis of the more technical, financial and policy-making processes that cause such stalling of dam projects. Therefore, this paper focuses on the Brazilian government and two companies, Odebrecht and Queiroz Galvão, as the international enablers of two dams in Tanzania, the Stiegler's Gorge and Mnyera projects. It demonstrates the significance of two drivers in undermining these dams construction. One was the inconsistency resulting from Brazil's heavily presidential foreign policy that oscillated from strong support for Africa relations and infrastructure projects between 2010-2012, to a withdrawal of diplomatic and financial support since. The second driver was the degree to which Brazilian governmental and private sector actors misread Tanzanian politics, not understanding the degree of fragmentation in the ruling party and how this affected policymaking. These two factors help explain why the widespread resurrection of dam projects has not entailed an equal boom in dam construction. Additionally, the paper makes a secondary contribution to understanding the factors behind the collapse in Brazil-Africa relations over the last decade, particularly beyond a core group of Lusophone countries.

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“…Particularly dominant in the funding of the complex is public capital, through direct contributions from the federal or state government, the presence of pension fund contributions from the federal state, or the large amount of financial backing received from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). As the ‘visible hand of the state’ (Casanova & Kassum, : 35), BNDES has played a significant role in the provision of finance to the Brazilian economy, providing 2,115 loans, ranging in from under R$1 million to over R$1 billion in the period 2002−11 (Montero, ). 27 per cent of these loans (or over R$73 billion of investment) have been made to the energy sector (Montero, ).…”

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Dammed and diversionary: The multi‐dimensional framing of Brazil's Belo Monte dam

Atkins

2017

Singap J Trop Geogr

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Belo Monte is one of the most divisive dams in Brazilian history, becoming entangled in a thirty‐year struggle between pro‐ and anti‐dam interests over the role of the facility within a complex web of Brazilian development and the future of the Brazilian Amazon. This research explores how the proponents of Belo Monte have adopted a number of policy frames as a means of deflection, to divide the opposition and legitimize the project. It investigates this claim by analyzing speeches given within the Brazilian Câmara dos Deputados and the public speeches of high‐level politicians. These sources, organized around a framework previously identified by Ahlers et al. (), show that the government and individual politicians have used a variety of framing devices to legitimize the hydroelectric facility. Principal methods of framing used also demonstrate how contemporary narratives (e.g. sustainability) have been employed to deflect opposition criticism and widen the scheme's perceived beneficiaries. In doing so, this paper demonstrates how the transformation represented by Belo Monte encompassed not only a process of engineering but also a re‐articulation of the complex and its role in modern Brazil.

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The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power

Cited by 26 publications

References 12 publications

International Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Peru, a Latin-American Emerging Market

International Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Peru, a Latin-American Emerging Market

What Holds Back Dam Building? The Role of Brazil in the Stagnation of Dams in Tanzania

Dammed and diversionary: The multi‐dimensional framing of Brazil's Belo Monte dam

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