Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil: From State Intervention to a Free Market

Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil.- From StateIntervention to a Free Market.- Introduction.- PART 1.- STATE INTERVENTION INTHE SUGARCANE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL.- State intervention in the chain ofproduction of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: its forms and effects on thedevelopment of the sector between the 1930s and 1980s.- PART II.- THE GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF IN THE 1990S:THE BREAK AND THE LEARNING CURVE.- The 1990s: deregulation of the sector.- Organizationalchanges within the public sphere.- Organizationalchanges within the private sphere.- Changes related to production and marketingcontrols on sugar: fixed production levels, crop plans, exports, and thedifferential collection of the Industrialized Products Tax93.- The marketing of sugarcane andethanol: changes resulting from deregulation.- Activities of theInter-Ministerial Council on Sugar and Ethanol during the deregulationprocess.- Interested parties come to the defense of the sugarcane ethanolindustry.- The process of deregulating the sugarcane ethanol industry.- Political determinants of thedecision-making processes: the players, their power resources, and theredefinition of their roles in the new institutional environment.- The freemarket: the profound changes and the new agenda.