Economic performance in the Americas : the role of the service sector in Brazil Mexico and the USA Economic Performance in the Americas compares the economic performances of Brazil Mexico and the USA over the past half century. As with most other high and middle income countries their economies are service sector orientated and have been for several decades. This book encompasses all sectors of the economy but focuses primarily on services analysing both the main trends in the various service industries in Brazil and Mexico and the underlying forces shaping their huge expansion 1. Introduction 2. Structural change and the shift to services 3. Measurement of real service output 4. Transport and communications 5. Wholesale and retail trade 6. Financial services 7. Health care 8. Education 9. Commodity producing sectors 10. Comparative performances of the service and commodity sectors