Macroeconomics- Final Project Source: The World Bank & OECD- All figures are annually based. The country of Brazil is the both the largest‚ in terms of territory‚ and most populated country in South America. The country’s largest exports consist of coffee‚ iron ores and concentrates‚ petroleum oil‚ raw sugar‚ and soya beans. Brazil’s largest trade partners (in both import and export) include: China‚ The United States‚ and Argentina. (The Atlas of Economic Complexity‚ 2011) Source: The
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Brazil is the world’s ordinal rural producer‚ past just the Assembled States. In Brazil‚ the main hereditarily adjusted (GM) harvest was advertised in 1998. The worldwide planting of GMOs tops out at 170.3 million hectares in 2012. Roughly 83.4% of soybean fields in Brazil’s 2012/2013 procure were seeded with GMOs; for corn‚ the esteem was 77.7% (first and second harvest)‚ and GMO cotton maximize 49.4% of the aggregate (Céleres‚ 2013). In 2013‚ the legislature built up the Brazilian Venture for Research
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Zika virus in Brazil has effected the 2016 summer Olympics. Zika is an illness that is caused by a rare‚ infected‚ Aedes mosquito bite. Zika affects pregnancy’s because the disease can cause birth defects. There is a one in thirteen chance that the infected mother could have a baby with birth defects. Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most associated with zika. Guillain-Barré syndrome is where your body’s immune system attacks your nerves. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tips
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The Music of Brazil Brazilian culture is a culture that is has a very diverse nature. An ethnic and cultural mixing occurred during the colonial period between with the Native Americans‚ Portuguese and Africans forming the bulk of Brazilian culture. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Italian‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Arab and Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil and played an important role in creating a multicultural country. “Although Brazil is considered the fifth largest country in the world
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family in Brazil is arguably one of the most important aspects of life. As a whole‚ Brazil tends to be a collectivist society‚ meaning emphasis is placed on “we” rather than “I” and decisions are often made for the best interest of the community and family rather than the individual. In fact‚ Geert Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions gives Brazil a low score of 38 in individualism. The prevalence of collectivism further supports the idea that the family is the foundation for life in Brazil. In
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In Brazil‚ the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is a very big issue. In this report I will explain the connections of the deforestation to the Brazilian environment and economic development‚ and for extra reference I will relate these to the included map. The deforestation of the Amazon seems to be necessary to economic development in Brazil. Along with this‚ sadly the Amazon rainforest is being demolished at a alarming rate and it is causing major environmental issues including loss of bio-diversity
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Over the past few years Brazil’s amazon is becoming smaller and smaller. Brazil is facing an enormous environmental issue called deforestation. Deforestation is when people burn or cut down a group of trees. It has many negative effects on environment such as climate change‚ clearing of habitats‚ and killing millions of species. The trees are used for fuel‚ to create commercial items such as paper‚ and highly prized items such as palm oil from palm trees. “Deforestation in Amazon Basin is destroying
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1. Why did Dell decide to invest in Brazil? Dell decided to invest in Brazil because of its strategy to expand internationally. Dell had operations in many countries but did not have any manufacturing plants in Latin America‚ which was the fastest growing market for computers. Brazil was the ideal place for its manufacturing plant in Latin America because it presented a huge potential market for Dell since it was Latin America’s largest country with over 170 million people. Dell felt that
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Discussion Questions 1. Why did GM Brazil decide to change the way they were doing business in the spare parts market? General Motors started its business in Brazil in the year 1925 and has been growing ever since. GM had its spare parts business which has been highly profitable‚ but low on volume. The business of the spare parts was demand driven. The market situation worsened when liberalization attracted competitors like Toyota‚ Audi etc. This made GM tighten their costs further on the low
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For as long as there have been civilizations‚ people have separated themselves into groups. Most of the time into groups like: the have and the have not’s or us vs them. This has happened in Brazil between the upper and lower class. Brazil is a country with a very small to non-existent middle class‚ causing a huge gap between the two classes. This huge gap is causing the us versus them mentality or a we/they divide between the upper and lower class‚ based on a process of social categorization. The
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