Brazil - on course to be a superpower?

The Independent carried an article on the development of the Brazilian economy last Friday - here is the link - the BRIC analysis from Jim O’Neill and his team at Goldman Sachs continues to carry much weight and we tend perhaps to focus too much on China and India! 

“The Brazilian stock market, already buoyed by the boom in prices for the country’s commodities and other exports, has surged to a record level this week on news that Standard & Poor’s, the credit rating agency, has declared the country to be “investment grade”. Specifically, that is a stamp of approval on Brazilian government debt, but it is also the culmination of Brazil’s long slog away from financial crisis, hyper-inflation and democratic sclerosis. The country might finally be about to deliver on its promise as an economic power.”

Unit 2 Macro: Brazilian Growth and Sustainability [12 Apr 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Brazilian coffee buffer stock hit by falling prices [29 Mar 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Winning the War on Deforestation [5 Feb 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Economic Growth [24 Jan 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Brazil Overtakes UK in Economic Size [26 Dec 2011]
Economics of Deforestation [20 Dec 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Progress towards Millennium Goals [12 Sep 2011]
Tuesday Talks! African development [8 Feb 2011]
Brazil’s battle with hyperinflation [27 Oct 2010]
Poor countries or poor people? [4 Oct 2010]
Development Economics - new Ted talk [6 Sep 2010]
A selection of revision notes on economic growth and development [4 Jun 2010]
Brazil - the country of the future - and always will be [31 May 2010]
Brazilian aviation reaches new heights [25 May 2010]
BRIC economies [24 Apr 2010]
Brazil looks to diversify [8 Mar 2010]
Jimmy’s Global Harvest [8 Jan 2010]
Taxing hot money - is Brazil getting it wrong? [22 Oct 2009]
The boy who harnessed the wind [1 Oct 2009]
BRIC Watch: Brazil climbs out of recession [11 Sep 2009]
OECD Review of the Brazilian Economy [14 Jul 2009]
Manufactured Landscapes [10 Jan 2009]
Panorama: addicted to aid [24 Nov 2008]
Back to the cave or a brave new world? [22 Sep 2008]
Investing the proceeds of the oil bonanza [8 Sep 2008]
Cycling on a roll - competitive advantage in action [21 Aug 2008]
World Bank Development Indicators 2008 [4 May 2008]
Brazil’s widening wealth gap [28 Apr 2008]
Engine rooms for the world economy [3 Feb 2008]

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