Hi everyone! I'm evaluating, with the HRV methodology, which are the most important constraints for the development in Brazil. Actually, I'm studying the saving, investment and financial markets (internal and external) to determinate if these elements are economic barriers for the development process of the country.
Which indicators and/or variables are suggested to study these topics? In which data sets i will be able to find information?
Thanks for all the possible answers!
For saving and investments, I would use both Capital Formation, Savings, and Foreign Direct Investment. For financial markets, there are a bunch of indicators. You could use portfolio investments, and profits and dividends. Also, you could look for private and public dept.
You can find all those data in the two main brazilian data-hubs:
The central bank data system: https://www3.bcb.gov.br/sgspub/localizarseries/localizarSeries.do?method=prepararTelaLocalizarSeries
and the advanced economic research institute: http://ipeadata.gov.br/Default.aspx
Hope it helps.
But from my experience, studying Brazil, the most important constraint is our dependence on imports to sustain our growth. To keep growing we either need (a) to export; (b) to contract debt; or (c) to lure foreign investment. That happens because we have a low complexity economy (we depend too much on imports to fill our input-output matrix).
Good day,
Perhaps, the underpinning theory and the relevant literature can best answer for choosing the right indicators for studying the good indicators of aforementioned economic indicators. For the data, you may consult the central bank data bank or world bank development indicators, IMF data sets.
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