TY - GEN T1 - Brazil as an economic superpower? : understanding Brazil's changing role in the global economy A2 - Brainard, Lael A2 - Martinez-Diaz, Leonardo, 1976- LA - English PP - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn430821011 AB - "Brazil is once again getting attention in the northern hemisphere--attention long overdue, given its huge and diverse population, its physical size and diversity, and its geopolitical and economic importance as the largest country in Latin America. Long seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service industries, even high technology markets. Yet the nation still struggles with endemic problems of inequality and with a traditional ambivalence toward deep integration with the world economy. Brookings gathered scholars and policymakers from Brazil, Europe, and the United States to examine the present state and likely future of Brazil's economy. Their findings can be found in Brazil as an Economic Superpower? The authors' analysis focuses particularly on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social investment, and multinational corporations. The net result is an invaluable analytical contribution and a provocative look into the future of our global economy and into the workings of one particularly important component of that system"--Provided by publisher OP - 291 CN - HC187 .B86584 2009eb SN - 9780815703655 SN - 0815703651 SN - 9786612131615 SN - 6612131616 SN - 1282403559 SN - 9781282403550 SN - 9786612403552 SN - 6612403551 SN - 9780815702955 SN - 0815702957 SN - 9780815702962 SN - 0815702965 KW - Brazil : Economic policy : 2003- KW - Brazil : Commercial policy. KW - International business enterprises : Brazil. KW - Brésil : Politique économique : 2003- KW - Entreprises multinationales : Brésil. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : International : General. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : International : Economics. KW - Commercial policy KW - Economic policy KW - International business enterprises KW - Brazil KW - Wirtschaftsentwicklung KW - Brasilien KW - Wirtschaftsentwicklung. KW - Multinationales Unternehmen. KW - Wirtschaftspolitik. KW - Handelspolitik. KW - Brasilien. KW - Since 2003 KW - Aufsatzsammlung. ER -