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An industrial power and economic giant, ninth world GDP measured by purchasing power parity (PPP, 2007), Brazil is the largest country in area and population in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Although it has had a history of economic boom and bust and its development has been hampered by high inflation and foreign debt, reforms in the 1990s and ongoing sound macroeconomic and social policies have resulted in an extended period of stability, growth and social gains.
Brazil has immense natural resources and a strong industrial development, but still suffers from a wide gap between rich and poor. Innovative social programs and a more inclusive growth in recent years have been gradually decreasing this inequality.
Source: World Bank
Brazil and the Transatlantic Community in the Wake of the Global Crisis
The growth of Brazil's direct investment abroad and the challenges it faces
From Patronage to Program: The Emergence of Party-Oriented Legislators in Brazil
Latin America and the Global Economic Crisis
The US and Latin America: Repairing a
Damaged Relationship
EIU Country Briefing: Brazil
Documents & Reports on Brazil (World Bank)
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64187835&piPK=64620093&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&pageSize=20&cntry=82649
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN
http://www.un.int/brazil/
Brazil (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/countries/bra/en/
Brazil and the WTO
http://www.wto.org/english/theWTO_e/countries_e/brazil_e.htm
Country profile: Brazil (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1227110.stm
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