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The rocky road to Rio: What shippers need to know about doing business in Brazil – DC Velocity

Brazil one of the world’s few economic bright spots—and a very attractive market for manufacturers, retailers, and the businesses that serve them. That’s why companies from around the globe are moving into Brazil in a big way. But like the manufacturers that rushed into China more than a decade ago, they’re discovering that newContinue reading “The rocky road to Rio: What shippers need to know about doing business in Brazil – DC Velocity”

More Brazilian milionaires

In June, the Boston Consulting Group report announced that Brazil had over 127 thousand millionaires. The last data from ANBIMA shows that it has gone up again. This week the Brazilian Association of Entities in the Financial and Capital Markets (Anbima) has estimated that Brazil has around 150 thousand people with more than R$million in financialContinue reading “More Brazilian milionaires”

First impressions on Dilma’s economic team

Everybody is wondering how the next president of Brazil,Dilma Rouseff, will behave. Will she follow Lula’s step or will she implement her own agenda, are questions in the back of our minds. She announced this week the names for ministers of Finance, Central bank and Planning and analysts start to explain what is behind thoseContinue reading “First impressions on Dilma’s economic team”

What is the future of Economic Policy in the Developing World?

The International Institute for Strategic Studies holds a book launch debate on The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World with Otaviano Canuto, head of poverty reduction and economic management at the World Bank. The book, which is also coauthor by Marcelo Giugale, looks at how developing countries areContinue reading “What is the future of Economic Policy in the Developing World?”

Brazil announces record investment during G-20 summit

Brazil announced during the G-20 summit that the country will invest U.S. $ 906.5 billion in structural reforms and infrastructure. It is clear that Brazil needs to overcome its bottlenecks in logistics and to reduce manufacturing costs. Industry competitiveness in the next years depend on that.