TL;DR: The authors showed that Brazil has become one of the largest importers of services in the world, and also provided evidence that Brazil's growth has become more intensive and dependent on imported services.
Abstract: Portuguese Abstract: Apos formidavel recuperacao da crise por que passou entre 1995-2002, as contas correntes entraram em nova rota de deficit a partir de 2007. Historicamente, as contas correntes no Brasil sao explicadas pela conta de rendas, enquanto as contas de servicos e de comercio tem participacoes menores. A conta de rendas explica a recente deterioracao das contas correntes? A resposta e nao. Na verdade, a conta de rendas melhorou nos anos recentes. Este artigo mostra que o Brasil se tornou um dos maiores importadores de servicos do mundo; mostra, ainda, evidencias de que o crescimento economico se tornou mais intensivo e dependente de servicos importados. Essas evidencias ajudam a explicar o aumento dos deficits em contas correntes e sugere que, tudo o mais constante, o crescimento economico sera provavelmente constrangido pela conta de servicos. English Abstract: After a formidable recovery from crisis in 1995-2002, the current account entered in serious deficits again from 2007 on. Historically, the current account deficits in Brazil are explained mainly by the deficits in the income account, while the trade and service account have a minor role. Does the income account explain the recent deterioration in the current account? The answer is no. In fact, the income account has improved in recent years. This short article shows that Brazil has become in recent years one of the largest importers of services globally; we also provide evidence that Brazil’s growth has become more intensive and dependent on imported services. These findings help explain the rising deficits and suggest that, all other things being equal, economic growth will likely be constrained by the service account.
TL;DR: Sanches et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the entrepreneurial level of self-employed workers working on the Camelodromo in Porto Velho -RO, based on the perception of these SEWs.
Abstract: Os brasileiros tem procurado no trabalho por conta propria – TCP uma alternativa para geracao de renda como meio de subsistencia e combate ao desemprego. A atitude destes TCPs pode apresentar determinadas caracteristicas de empreendedorismo conforme previsao e classificacao proposta por Filion (1991) que defende os empreendedores como agentes capazes de promover o desenvolvimento local. A presente pesquisa objetivou identificar o nivel empreendedor dos Trabalhadores por Conta Propria – TCPs do Camelodromo de Porto Velho – RO, a partir da percepcao destes TCPs. A metodologia utilizada foi a exploratoria com abordagem qualitativa e pesquisa de campo. Entrevistou-se a totalidade da populacao do Camelodromo de Porto Velho, estado de Rondonia. Como tecnica de analise utilizou-se a analise paraconsistente conforme preceitua Sanches et al. (2011). Verificou-se um nivel moderado de empreendedorismo no Camelodromo de Porto Velho-RO. As analises dos dados ainda indicaram a presenca de empreendedores formais e informais e resultados diferenciados quanto ao nivel empreendedor destes dois grupos de trabalhadores por conta propria: os trabalhadores informais possuem niveis menores quando comparados com os TCPs formais. Conclui-se que a acao de empreender junto aos atores esta diretamente ligada a necessidade, se manifestando na tipologia que Dolabela chama de empreendedor por necessidade. Brazilians have been looking for working as Self-Employed Workers - SEW as an alternative to income generation as a mean of subsistence and to fight unemployment. These SEW’s attitude may present certain characteristics of entrepreneurship according to the prediction and classification proposed by Filion (1991) which defends entrepreneurs as agents capable of promoting local development. The present research aimed to identify the entrepreneurial level of self-employed workers - SEW working on the Camelodromo in Porto Velho - RO, based on the perception of these SEWs. The methodology used was exploratory with qualitative approach and field research. The entire population on the Camelodromo in Porto Velho, Rondonia’s state, was interviewed. As a technique analysis, paraconsistent analysis was used according to Sanches et al. (2011). There was a moderate level of entrepreneurship on the Camelodromo in Porto Velho-RO. Data analysis also indicated the presence of formal and informal entrepreneurs and differentiated results regarding the entrepreneurial level of these two groups of self-employed workers: informal workers have lower levels when compared to formal ones. It was concluded that the action of undertaking with the actors is directly linked to the necessity, manifesting itself in the typology that Dolabela calls the entrepreneur by necessity.