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ECOA104 |
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17 Pages |
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2003 |
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2003 |
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Not Available |
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Brazil, Latin
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Abstract:
Brazil, the largest country in Latin America and the fifth largest in the world,
was endowed with huge natural resources. Brazil was the world's most prominent
coffee producer. The country had vast mineral resources, hydroelectric potential
and hardwood forests. Brazil also had natural advantages in agricultural
products, livestock products, wood products and mineral and metal products
(iron, steel and aluminium). Despite all these advantages, Brazil continued to
be way behind the developed countries. As the Economist put it, Brazil remained
'a social and economic under achiever, the eternal country of the future, whose
future never arrives'. The case illustrates the challenges developing countries
face in hastening economic development.
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Keywords:
Brazil, Under achiever, Economics case study, South America, Latin America, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, WASI (an import substituting industrialisation programme), Coffee producer, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil industries, Armaments industry in Brazil, Telecom industry in Brazil, Privatisation of Telebras
Brazil - The Perennial Under Achiever
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