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

​Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil.- From State Intervention to a Free Market.- Introduction.- PART 1.- STATE INTERVENTION IN THE SUGARCANE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL.- State intervention in the chain of production of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: its forms and effects on the development 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.- Organizational changes within the public sphere.- Organizational changes within the private sphere.- Changes related to production and marketing controls on sugar: fixed production levels, crop plans, exports, and the differential collection of the Industrialized Products Tax93.- The marketing of sugarcane and ethanol: changes resulting from deregulation.- Activities of the Inter-Ministerial Council on Sugar and Ethanol during the deregulation process.- Interested parties come to the defense of the sugarcane ethanol industry.- The process of deregulating the sugarcane ethanol industry.- Political determinants of the decision-making processes: the players, their power resources, and the redefinition of their roles in the new institutional environment.- The free market: the profound changes and the new agenda.