Domestic competitiveness
growing at home to compete abroad
Argues that infrastructure, productivity, legal certainty, macroeconomic stability, credit and interest rates are the basis for Brazilian companies of all sizes to compete abroad.
What the program says
A handful of national champions is of no use if the rest of the economy spins its wheels in low productivity. Domestic competitiveness is the foundation of international projection: it is the focus on infrastructure, productivity, legal certainty, macroeconomic stability, access to credit and civilized interest rates that gives Brazilian companies, large and small, the conditions for a long and secure process of integration into the world. A country that is competitive at home is a country that generates jobs, income and prosperity that reach everyone. [p. 64]
In plain language
The text states that competitiveness within the country is the basis for the presence of Brazilian companies abroad. It points to infrastructure, productivity, legal certainty, macroeconomic stability, access to credit and what it calls civilized interest rates as the focus, for large and small companies.
What is not in the program
- It presents no specific measures, targets or timelines; the passage describes general priorities.
- It does not define what civilized interest rates would be, nor does it set a target for the interest rate.