'definitively the most comprehensive study of the recent history of banking in Brazil.' Business History 'an important book which highlights an area of financial systems that has received, in recent years, less attention than it should.' Journal of Latin American Studies

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Government Banking Theory; Chapter 2 Bank Change in Brazil; Chapter 3 The Banco do Brasil; Chapter 4 The Caixa Economica Federal (Federal Savings Bank); Chapter 5 The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (National Bank for Economic and Social Development, BNDES); Chapter 6 Conclusion;

'definitively the most comprehensive study of the recent history of banking in Brazil.' Business History 'an important book which highlights an area of financial systems that has received, in recent years, less attention than it should.' Journal of Latin American Studies

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Government Banking Theory; Chapter 2 Bank Change in Brazil; Chapter 3 The Banco do Brasil; Chapter 4 The Caixa Economica Federal (Federal Savings Bank); Chapter 5 The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (National Bank for Economic and Social Development, BNDES); Chapter 6 Conclusion;

'definitively the most comprehensive study of the recent history of banking in Brazil.' Business History 'an important book which highlights an area of financial systems that has received, in recent years, less attention than it should.' Journal of Latin American Studies

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Government Banking Theory; Chapter 2 Bank Change in Brazil; Chapter 3 The Banco do Brasil; Chapter 4 The Caixa Economica Federal (Federal Savings Bank); Chapter 5 The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (National Bank for Economic and Social Development, BNDES); Chapter 6 Conclusion;