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Country Report - Brazil

Country Report - Brazil. Team 1. Macro Description. Kent Copeland. Demographics. Population – 201,103,330 (5 th largest) Birth rate – 18.11/1000 pop. (108 th ) Niger – 51.08/1000 (224 th ) Monaco – 7.03/1000 (1 st ) United States – 13.83/1000 (151 st ). Demographics.

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Country Report - Brazil

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  1. Country Report - Brazil Team 1

  2. Macro Description Kent Copeland

  3. Demographics • Population – 201,103,330 (5th largest) • Birth rate – 18.11/1000 pop. (108th) • Niger – 51.08/1000 (224th) • Monaco – 7.03/1000 (1st) • United States – 13.83/1000 (151st)

  4. Demographics • Death rate – 6.35/1000 pop. (155th) • Haiti – 32.31/1000 (226th) • UAE – 2.08/1000 (1st) • USA – 8.38/1000 (91st) • Age Categories (0-14, 15-64, 65+) • Brazil – 26.7%, 66.8%, 6.4% • USA – 20.2%, 67%, 12.8%

  5. Demographics • Gender Composition • Brazil – 0.98 male/female • USA – 0.97 male/female • Very similar breakdowns across the different age categories.

  6. Demographics Brazil has a labor force of 101.7 million (6th) Median age – 28.9 (8 years younger than USA) Increased mobilization of women Urban pop. – 86% Urban growth – 1.8%

  7. Natural Resources • Bauxite • Gold • Iron ore • Manganese • Platinum • Tin • Uranium • Petroleum • Hydropower • Coal • Coffee • Cotton • Brazil nut • Timber • Rubber

  8. Economic Environment • GDP (PPP) • Brazil - $2.01 trillion (10th) • USA - $14.12 trillion (2nd) • Inflation rate • Brazil – 4.9% • USA – (-0.3%)

  9. Economic Environment • Unemployment rate • Brazil – 8.1% • USA – 9.3% • Growth rate • Brazil – (-0.2%) • USA – (-2.6%)

  10. Economic Environment • Currency Regulations • No restrictions on any currency up to BRL 10,000 (USD $5,820) • Higher than BRL 10,000 – must be declared • Exchange rate – 1.7278 BRL per 1 USD on November 27, 2010.

  11. Economic Environment • Financial System • Historically unstable • Increased reserve requirement • Ban on short selling • Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) – provides capital funding to banks to preserve system

  12. Economic Environment • Tax System • Overall rate – 34% • IOF tax – 4% • Stock Market • BM&F Bovespa • Market capitalization of $1.338 trillion (10th) • 375 companies listed

  13. Economic Environment • Key Products • Coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, sugarcane • Textiles, chemicals, lumber, iron • Steel, aircraft and vehicle parts • Business Segment (Ag, In, Ser) • Brazil – 20%, 14%, 66% • USA – 1%, 19%, 80%

  14. Economic Environment Imports Exports • Machinery • Electrical and transport equipment • Chemical products • Oil • Automotive parts • Electronics • Transport Equipment • Iron ore • Soybeans • Footwear • Coffee • Autos

  15. Economic Environment • Standard of living and housing • Urban areas are expensive • Wealthy live in lavish houses • Middle class live in small apartments • Poor live in favelas, slums. • 26% below poverty line • Poor infrastructure, water, sewage

  16. History Claimed by Pedro Alvares Cabral (Portugal) in April 1500. Slaves imported in the 1600s Portuguese Empire headed in Rio de Janeiro from 1808-1821 Declared independence on September 7, 1822. Slavery abolished in 1888.

  17. History Old Republic – 1889 to 1930 Populism – 1930 to 1964 Military dictatorship – 1964 to 1985 Democracy – 1985 to present

  18. Current events Dilma Rousseff elected President. Member of the Workers’ Party. Plans to continue social programs.

  19. Political System • Type of government • Federal republic • Constitution ratified on Oct. 5, 1988 • 26 states and 1 federal district • Bicameral legislature • Similar to the USA

  20. Political System • Key Issues and Controversies • Gay marriage • Privatization • Capital punishment • Drug liberalization • Improving social welfare programs

  21. Political System • State of Civil Liberties • Title II, Ch. I, Article 5 – free speech, religion, etc. • Bolsa Familia – Grants for education for poor • Torture and Afro-descendents rights • Manoel Mattos killed by gunmen

  22. Political System • Risk Factors • Political Instability Index • Brazil – 5.4 • USA – 5.3 • Brazil’s score should decrease after the successful transition of power in 2010 election.

  23. Legal System Derived from Portuguese civil law Based on Roman Codes Based on statutes Introduced a form of stare decisis No compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

  24. Legal System Effectiveness is determined by enforcement Fine individuals for criticism of candidates 3 months before an election ($90,000) Brief summary of Brazilian business law: http://www.lexmundi.com/images/lexmundi/PDF/guide_brazil.pdf)

  25. Geography Eastern South America Borders Atlantic Ocean Borders all South American countries except Chile and Ecuador Total area – 8,514,877 sq. km. (5th) USA is third with over 9.8 million sq. km.

  26. Geography • Flat to rolling lowlands • Plains, hills, and mountains • Narrow coastal region • Arable land – Brazil 6.93%, USA 18% • Highest point • Brazil – Pico da Neblina 2,994 meters • USA – Mt. McKinley 6,194 meters

  27. Climate • Six regions: • Tropical rainforest • Tropical wet and dry • Tropical monsoon • Semiarid • Humid subtropical • Subtropical highland

  28. Climate • Temperatures • High along equator • Really high in Northeast • Cold in the South • Wide temp variations in Middle-West • Warm in Southeast

  29. Climate • Rainfall • Amazon – 80 in., long dry season • Northeast – little rainfall, long droughts • Middle-West – 60 to 80 in., smaller dry season • Southeast – parts receive up to 175 in., no dry season • South – no dry season

  30. Environmental Issues • Conditions • One of the most polluted countries in the world • 91 million tons of carbon emissions • About 1/10 the irrigated land of the USA • Shortage of freshwater due to improper mining techniques

  31. Environmental Issues • Key Challenges • Deforestation of Amazon Basin • Illegal wildlife trade • Air and water pollution • Oil spills

  32. Environmental Issues • Response • Increase law enforcement and land reform policy • Rehabilitate deforested areas • Increased public transportation • Rodoanel Mario Covas • Cleaner vehicles • Better monitoring and clean up

  33. Key Advantages for Foreign Businesses One of the BRIC countries Increased mobilization of women Improvements in social welfare programs More citizens becoming highly educated Several ports, good infrastructure High GDP

  34. Sociological and Cultural Aspects Adam Stone Kent Copeland

  35. Family Structure • Parental Roles • Traditionally, women raised children, men earned income. • Currently, more dual-worker households • Men take on more household chores • Some men become insecure • Women become stable force • More share approach

  36. Family Structure • Child rearing practices • Expected to contribute to family • Treated like adults • Taught value of interpersonal relationships • Nepotism is common

  37. Family Structure • Living arrangements • Nuclear families have close relationships with extended families. • Very common to have more than one generation under one roof. • Adult children expected to live at home until marriage.

  38. Class Structure • Categories and characteristics • Social classes historically divided • Workers’ Party been in power since 2002 • Bolsa Familia • Improve social welfare programs

  39. Class structure • Presence of class barriers • Education and income • These two barriers are correlated • Whites and Asians are the highest class • Indians, pardos, and blacks are the lowest class

  40. Class Structure • Status of Ethnic Groups • The darker the skin the lower the status • Lower class are typically maids, bus drivers, or street beggars

  41. Class Structure • Ethnic Issues • Social apartheid • Blacks deprived of educational opportunities • Earn low wages • Live in low income neighborhoods • Spatial apartheid – separate building entrances • Youth gangs • Police violence

  42. Class Structure • Gender Status and Issues • 70% of women in the workforce are in the service sector • Wage disparity • More women than men attend universities • Dilma Rousseff elected President

  43. Religion Brazil USA • Roman Catholic – 73.6% • Protestant – 15.4% • Other – 3.6% • None – 7.4% • Roman Catholic – 23.9% • Protestant – 51.3% • None – 4%

  44. Religion Rituals • Holy sacraments • Baptism • Confirmation • Communion • Penance • Anointing the sick • Matrimony • Priesthood • Seven Penitential Psalms • Liturgy for the Faithful Departed • Blessings • Processions • Exorcism

  45. Religion • Rites • Roman Rite • Latin Rite • Lent

  46. Religion • Taboos • Eating meat on the first day of Lent and Lent Fridays • Use of contraceptives • Sex with unclean women • Homosexuality • Celibacy of priests • Remarriage of divorcees

  47. Leisure Activities

  48. Leisure Activites

  49. Leisure Activities

  50. Arts - Architecture

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