Brazil- The Land of Tomorrow

Podcast of the day-Brazil Land of promise- interview with the author of survey of Brazil in The Economist.

Further readings.

Related;
Brazil’s Powerful Prison Gang
Getting the Diagnosis Right;

Brazil: too many ideas, not enough money. In contrast, Brazil has more ideas than it has funds to invest. Although the country suffers from an inadequate business environment, a low supply of infrastructure, high taxes, high prices for public services, weak contract enforcement and property rights, and inadequate education, our framework discards them as reform priorities. If these factors represented significant constraints on growth, they should depress investment by keeping private returns low—and yet private returns on investment are high in Brazil. Investment is instead constrained by the country's inability to mobilize enough domestic and foreign savings to finance investment at reasonable rates.

Country focus: Brazil - Finance & Development

Datagro-information on ethanol production

World Bank Reports;
Brazil - Stability for growth and poverty reduction
Brazil-Improving Fiscal Circumstances for Growth- Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Webcasts;
Interview with Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso Reflections and Lessons from a Decade of Social and Economic Reforms
Access to Financial Services in Brazil
World Bank and Civil Society Discussion on Setting a New Development Path in Brazil
From Prisoner to President
Brazil: Boom or Bust?