In this interview Dow Jones Newswires’ Eduardo Kaplan sits with Paulo Vieira da Cunha, a partner of the investment firm Tandem Global Partners, to discuss Brazil’s role as an economic giant and how it has redefined the global economy. Why Brazil had the best performance in stock markets last year? This is a very “toContinue reading “Good interview of Paulo Vieira da Cunha on WSJ: Brazil Economic Giant”
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Brazil’s Global Warming Agenda | World Resources Institute
Brazil has turned its international climate commitments into national law, but that’s only the beginning. Since Copenhagen, over fifty countries have pledged greenhouse gas reduction targets to the UNFCCC. Brazil has gone a step further and turned its commitment into national law… Brazil’s Global Warming Agenda | World Resources Institute My point of view: Municipal policiesContinue reading “Brazil’s Global Warming Agenda | World Resources Institute”
BRIC summit to be hosted in Brazil in the next days
Building upon the success of the first BRIC summit held in Russia in June 2009, the BRIC leaders decided to take steps to promote “dialogue and cooperation among themselves in an incremental, proactive, pragmatic and transparent way”. That’s the official agenda. After all, the BRICs are the hot investment cases of the moment. Emerging andContinue reading “BRIC summit to be hosted in Brazil in the next days”
An interesting point of view about Brazilian growth in the next 5 years
“Unless Brazil is unlike any other country, increased demands will start with goods and services that will require the infra-structure to keep up — or fall behind… As any country grows (Germany, Japan are best examples for the past 50-60 years), there is a push to gain reliable resources – human and otherwise… as theContinue reading “An interesting point of view about Brazilian growth in the next 5 years”
Brazil: Embracing Globalization?
Almost ten years ago Laura Alfaro wrote a Harvard Business School case about Brazil’s challenges regarding globalization. I am curious to know what does she make of what has happened so far. Here are her arguments: In 2001, Brazil stands at a crossroads. The country seems to be emerging from decades of economic stagnation. TheContinue reading “Brazil: Embracing Globalization?”