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The Petrobras Debt
Challenge
A BrazilWorks Briefing Paper
January 2014

A Summary Analysis of
“O Endividamento da Petrobras com o BNDES no
Período Pós-2008 e Impactos Contábeis e
Econômico-Financeiros.”
FGV/IBRE Discussion Paper #36
November 2013
Paula Barbosa
Summarized by
Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.,
Director of BrazilWorks

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The Petrobras Debt Challenge / A BrazilWorks Brie9ing Paper / January 2014

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The Petrobras Debt Challenge
A BrazilWorks Briefing Paper
January 2014
A Summary Analysis of

“O Endividamento da Petrobras com o BNDES no Período Pós-2008 e
Impactos Contábeis e Econômico-Financeiros.”
FGV/IBRE as Discussion Paper #36
November 2013
Written by Paula Barbosa1
Summarized by Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D., Director of BrazilWorks 2

BrazilWorks provides advisory and consulting services to Brazilian and United States based private sector enterprises, civil society organizations, and policymakers interested in Brazilian market structure, regulatory frameworks, public policies and political risk, and economic development as well as United StatesBrazil relations. BrazilWorks specializes in agriculture, biofuels, capital goods, climate change, defense procurement, energy, healthcare, local content policies, producer association dialogue and cooperation, and international commercial and investment negotiations and policies.
BrazilWorks
1718 M Street, #356
Washington, D.C. 20036 USA
Tel. 202-744-0072 brazilworks@gmail.com www.brazil-works.com

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Paula Barbosa is an economist. She earned her undergraduate degree from the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, a Masters from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and a MBA from INSEAD in France.
She has worked in both financial institutions and multinational petroleum
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