1. NS4540 Winter Term 2017 Brazilian Indices
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2. Brazil WEF I

3. Brazil WEF II

4. Brazil WEF III

5. Brazil Vulnerabilities

6. Brazil Governance

7. Legatum Prosperity Index Brazil

8. Brazil Prosperity Gap

9. Legatum Brazil Analysis I
Brazil with great hopes of increasing prosperity seeing prosperity limited by poor governance and an uncompetitive business environment
Between 2007 and 2015 dramatic reduction in absolute and relative poverty
Progress in both stagnating in last several years
Other areas of limited gains recently include
Health
Business environment
Education
Most prevalent has been the decline in Economic Quality and Governance sub-indicators
Attributed to the economic recession and investigation into widespread corruption

10. Legatum Brazil Analysis II
With Dilma Rousseff removed from office and half the members of the National Congress under investigation no surprise that Brazil
Has fallen 22 ranks in the Governance sub-index since 2012
Rapidly declining confidence in national government and
Honesty of elections
Compared to the world average, Brazilian government is perceived by its citizens has having
Low levels of transparency and
High levels of corruption

11. Legatum Brazil Analysis III

12. Legatum Brazil Analysis IV
Prosperity Index records Brazil’s trailing 5-year growth dropping from 3.2% to 0.18%
Slow growth rate amongst lowest in Latin America
Contributed to Brazil dropping ten ranks in Equality sub-index since 2013
Seen Brazil drop out of the top 30 in this sub-index
Brazil’s economy is export oriented yet
Export quality has dropped since 2007 and
Export diversification is barely keeping up with world averages
Suggests shifting Brazil’s economy into higher value added activities in industries and services better than relying too heavily on primary commodities

13. Legatum Brazil Analysis V
Current crisis created climate of insecurity which seen in declining rankings for:
Social Capital
Safety & Security, and
Business Environment
Business Environment is now Brazil’s weakest sub-index ranking 90th in 2016
Despite relative improvement in ease of starting a new business in Brazil, people’s perception of the business environment as declined by 12% since 2007
Suggests new legation not enough to instill faith in the system

14. Legatum Brazil Analysis VI
With large domestic market Brazil should be entrepreneur’s dream, yet
Corruption
A complicated bureaucracy and
Expansive currency
Cause Brazil’s Business Environment to fall below the regional average and quite a bit below
Colombia
Mexico,
Chile and
Peru
Some indication things changing with government trying to improve infrastructure.

15. Brazil: Economic Freedom I

16. Brazil Economic Freedom II

17. Economic Freedom: Brazil/Uruguay

18. Economic Freedom: Brazil/Argentina