Governo Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Brasília - 1997

Contents

Introduction

I - Currency Stabilization

II - Impact on the Economy

• Growth
• Income Distribution
• Credit
• Interest Rates
• Consumption
• Investiments
• Automotive Regime
• Brazil in Action
• The Regional Issue
• Employment and Salaries

III - The Agricultural Sector

• National Program to Strengthen Family Farming (Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar - PRONAF)
• Improving the Financial and Commercial Instruments
• The Harvest Plan
• Infrastructure Improvements
• Results

IV - The Foreign Trade Balance

V - Reducing the "Brazil Cost"

• Stimulating Exports
• Reducing Infrastructure Costs
• Lowering Investiment Costs

VI - Public Sector Accounts

• Federal Government Measures to end the Public Deficit
• Results

VII - The Privatization Program

VIII - Social Expenditures

IX - Health

X - Education

XI - Housing and Sanitation

• Sanitation
• Housing

PRESIDÊNCIA DA REPÚBLICA
Secretaria de Comunicação Social

Institutional Contributers:
Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Ministério da Fazenda
Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento
Banco Central do Brasil