sao paulobrazils new government needs to focus on improving the countrys education system and on trimming and simplifying its tax structure to help spur economic growth says walter schalka chief executive officer of pulp and paper maker suzano sa former president luiz inacio lula da silva who served two terms as president from 2003 through 2010 defeated incumbent president jair bolsonaro in a close outcome in sundays runoff election brazils constitution allows presidents to serve two consecutive terms then to run again after at least one term out of office lula as the leftwing candidate is popularly known gave few details about his economic plans during the campaign though he promised to boost government spending on programs to help lowincome brazilians mr da silva faces the same economic issues mr bolsonaro would have faced and should focus his efforts on solving those problems mr schalka said we have to continue with the agenda to transform the economy to make brazil more competitive mr schalka said for that we have to improve education to improve the tax system and to improve government administration those are things brazil has to do independently of the government or we wont be able to grow more rapidly than the world average during his previous terms lula helped increase brazilians access to university education allowing many to move up into the countrys middle class his incoming administration now needs to work to improve brazils public school system mr schalka said our primary education though universal needs to be better without that well have big limitations on our capacity for economic growth he said the new administration should also work to streamline the countrys complicated tax system and improve the whole system of government to reduce waste the ceo said the combination of those changes will open the door for faster economic growth even if the government spends more on social aid programs at the outset he said if we improve education and have a better tax system it will help brazil attract more investment boost tax income and generate new jobs which will eventually reduce the need for more social spending mr schalka said