Brazil’s Developing Nation
“Brazil is the largest country on the continent of South America and the fifth largest continent in the world. It is full of natural resources and agricultural land. In the current economic times the development and growth of any economy have come to a near stop or at least to a drastic slowdown. The face of the global economic environment has changed and various new countries are beginning to alter the way their country and the rest of the world do business. Being the Chief Economist of a billion International Corporation, I would be ready to invest in Brazil, which will lead to revenue growth and place its years ahead of our competitors. A nation like Brazil has turned around their own economic troubles and is
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Brazil has its vision to bring revenue growth and a place ahead of their competitors. No other nation shares our vision and conceptual skill in regards to the big picture of business and our economy. We have a strong vision for the future. For instance, one of our strengths is our high tourist potential. According to HRI (Hotel & Resort Insider), “The country has devised ways and means to rope in more international tourists as the nation gets ready to host the soccer World Cup”. Tourists from Russia in particular have been targeted as they rank fifth among the list of global tourist spenders. In addition, Brazil’s tourism board also considers Japan as a key market. In 2010, the number of overseas visitors to the country totaled 5.2 million, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. That being said, tourism in Brazil is a growing sector to the economy of several regions of the country. Another strength that we have is our natural resources. With its ideal agricultural climate, Brazil boasts a healthy export trade in coffee, sugar, textiles, and electrical equipment. Brazil is rich in ethanol, ore, iron, gemstones, steal and oil. Recent discoveries of oil sources that could potentially hold more than 9 million barrels of oil is helping to confirm Brazil as a major new oil exploration frontier. With that being said, Brazil is expected to become a major leader in world markets. Despite our country’s strengths we are not without our
Brazil is bound to host in a two-year span the largest sport events in the World, The 2014 Soccer World Cup and The Olympic games in 2016. The country will attract a lot of investors looking for some brand exposure since the whole world will have their eyes turned to this tropical country. These events present opportunities for Brazil to benefit from tourism and prove to the world that it is ready to take its place as an important piece of global governance. Although Brazil has a flourishing economy, it still has many characteristics of a third world country. Social issues remain present in the country’s politics. There are several concerns regarding the capability of an emerging country to host events with that stature.
Globalisation has been crucial to the economic and social development of Brazil. In the late twentieth century Brazil face years of economic, political and social instability experiencing high inflation, high income inequality and rapidly growing poverty. However after a change of government in the 1990s and large structural changes in both the economic and social landscapes, the brazilian economy has been experiencing a growing middle class and reduced income gap. Since the start of the 21st century, brazil has benefitted from the move to a more global economy.
The first chapter focuses on Brazil’s founding and history up until present. When the Portuguese were blown off course to Asia onto the coasts of Brazil in 1500, the Portuguese knew they had found a land filled with opportunities. The main attraction was the abundance of brazilwood which could be used for manufacturing luxurious fabrics in Europe. Over the centuries, exploration led to the discovery of more resources such as sugar, coffee, and precious metals that had made it a sought after country for colonization. Even to this day, Brazil maintains the image of a land with limitless resources since the recent discovery of oil and gas reserves and other commodities.
When the country of Colombia is mentioned, chances are individuals automatically start composing images of famous actors and musicians that have rooted from Colombia such as Shakira and Sofia Vergara, the excellent reputation Colombian coffee has made across the globe, or even the beautiful Emeralds that surround the astonishing land. Of course all of those things matter, but Colombia is a country that is definitely swept under the rug and under appreciated. Colombia’s history, independence movements, governmental structure, and culture are just a few of the topics that make Colombia so unique.
Brazil with a population around 201,032,714, is the largest South America’s country. Brazil’s most important components of its GDP are service revenues, wide industry sector and its successful agriculture.
Have you ever taken a look at a South American map? Well if you have, you probably have seen how large Brazil is compared to all the the other countries associated on the map. Brazil is a Portuguese speaking country with a population of more that 200 million people and an area nearly equal to the United States! Knowing that Brazil has that big of a population probably makes you assume that Brazil is a wealthy country. Although Brazil may seem pretty wealthy at first, looking at a regional or a local scale might change your mind on how wealthy Brazil really is. A scale is used by geographers to understand situations such as the wealth of a nation. How can scale help us understand whether Brazil is a wealthy country? Well, Brazil may seem wealthy on a national scale, but examining Brazil at regional and local scales show a different picture.
“Because of the rapid growth experienced by this country in terms of urban development, industrialization and population at the beginning of the 21st century, Brazil is facing a number of social, environmental and political challenges” (Meyer 2010). Over the years, Brazils infrastructure has been a topic of concern as the quality and quantity of growth seem to be lacking. One might be familiar with the recent 2016 Olympics in Rio and how many complaints were made about the unfinished quarters where people were staying and how the under developed the city
Brazil is both the largest and most populous country in South America. It is the 5th largest country worldwide in terms of both area (more than 8.5 Mio. km2 ) and habitants (appr. 190 million). The largest city is Sao Paulo which is simultaneously the country's capital; official language is Portuguese. According to the WorldBank classification for countries, Brazil - with a GDP of 1,5 bn. US $ in 2005 and a per capita GPD of appr. 8.500 US - can be considered as an upper middle income country and therefore classified as an industrializing country, aligned with the classification as one of the big emerging markets (BEM) next to Argentina and Mexico. Per capita income is constantly increasing as well as literacy rate (current illiteracy rate 8%). Due to its high population rate (large labour pool), its vast natural resources and its geographical position in the centre of South America, it bears enormous growth potential in the near future. Aligned with an increasing currency stability, international companies have heavily invested in Brazil during the past decade. According to CIA World Factbook, Brazil has the 11th largest PPP in 2004 worldwide and today has a well established middle income economy with wide variations in levels of development. Thus, today Brazil is South America's leading economic power and a regional leader.
Brazil is located in Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It is slightly smaller than the U.S., with bordering countries Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia, French Guyana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It has many natural resources, including bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, and timber. The climate is tropical in the north, but temperate in the south. The terrain consists of mostly flat to rolling lowlands, with some plains, hills, mountains, and a narrow coastal belt. In recent years, environmentalists have become increasingly concerned over the future of the Amazon region, where human life has threatened the world's largest intact rain forest. Brasilia is the capital and main source of modern industry.
In the current economic times the development and growth of any economy has come to a near stop or at least to a drastic slow down. The face of the global economic environment has changed and many new countries are starting to change the way their country and the rest of the world does business. One such nation is Brazil, who has turned around their own economic troubles and is becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world (World Factbook). Brazil has started developing its economy and using the opportunity to achieve a level of respect in the world.
Q6: The leaders of Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina have similar ways on how to control their nations and there are some differences on how they rule their nations. The leaders of Brazil was Getulio Vargas. He was a dictator of Brazil during the 1930s. He wanted to make Brazil a modern nation just like the United States when it came with economy and weapons. Since the United States was way a head when it came to the weapons back in the Cold War. The Cold War was a war between communism and nationalism. Communism means everyone is equal. No one is a higher class than another person. Even if it's not the best quality, at least everyone gets that. Nationalism is where there is upper class and lower class, but they have freedom to how to live their
In the case of Brazil, nowadays this is one of the most attractive markets in the world, recently Brazil has experienced strong economic growth; analysts argue with Russia, China and India (BRIC) Brazil will be the largest and most influential economies in near future. Notwithstanding, the promissory economic future, investment in Brazil has some threats and risks that should be taking into account: exist some grade of cultural difference between both countries that could affect the profitability of investment; however this will be a good option to invest in brazil, the suggestion is focus in most important cities ( Rio and Sao Paulo).
Brazil is a diverse and enormous country. There are large, medium and small sized aities that stretch from coast. From Brazilian cit...
If Brazil can take advantage of these strengths then they will be able to continue the growth they have been enjoying over recent years. The country have enough oil and gas reserves to make Brazil self-sustaining, with some to spare which can be sold abroad. Another strength Brazil have is the fact they actually have more fresh water than any other country in the world. As climate change will soon become to make water scarcer than ever before, and this will in turn make Brazil an extremely attractive prospect for people wanting to either invest or live there. The World Cup this summer was a tremendous success and this tournament, along with the build up to the Olympics that will take place in Brazil in 2016, has massively improved and is continually improving the basic physical and organisational infrastructure whilst attracting major international investors into the country. Hosting the Olympics isn’t generally a profitable investment due to the massive expenditures required throughout the tournament, however, the event like the World Cup, will give the country a massive global
Underdevelopment can be understood in relation to development. Development is explained by the Oxford Dictionary as the process of developing or developed in a specified state of growth or advancement. Underdeveloped, as according to the Oxford Dictionary, is ‘not fully developed or not advanced economically’ which is meant for a country or a region. We can certainly see the difference between underdeveloped and developed, where the changing situation emerges from the economic point of view. To be more specific, worlds within the world were created i.e. the nomenclature of First World and Third World came into picture.