The first Business Centre Apex-Brazil in Africa was launched this week in Luanda, Angola. The Centre will enter into full operation in March 2011 and targets to expand Brazilian company’s participation in the reconstruction process of Angola, as well as to facilitate investment and operation of Brazilian companies in the African market. “We are openingContinue reading “Targeting Africa, Brazil launches business centre in Angola”
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Global agriculture in focus
The Global Forum on Agriculture begins today in Paris. Staged by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it aims to identify how governments can speed agricultural development and tackle poverty and food insecurity. The program has very little on Brazil. No specific panel and only one representative from Universidade de Sao Paulo (Carlos Azzoni).
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.
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