Curriculum Brazil's Economy
Brazil's Economy
Latin America's giant: Brazil's economy at a glance, the 1970s miracle and debt hangover, living with indexed inflation, Bolsa Família, the Cerrado farm revolution, ethanol and flex-fuel cars, Petrobras and Operation Car Wash, Embraer, inequality, sky-high interest rates, ties with India in BRICS and lessons.
- Brazil at a Glance An overview of Brazil's economy - its size, resources, industries and regional differences - and why it's often compared with India. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Brazilian Miracle and the Debt Hangover How Brazil grew over 10 percent a year in 1968-73 under military rule with state-led investment and foreign borrowing, and how the debt led to the 1980s crisis. 📄 Read-aloud
- Living with Indexed Inflation How Brazil lived with very high inflation by indexing wages, prices and contracts to inflation, why indexation made inflation self-perpetuating, and how the URV bridged to the Real. 📄 Read-aloud
- Bolsa Família How Brazil's conditional cash transfer programme reached tens of millions of people from 2003, its low cost and effects on poverty, and its later changes. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Cerrado Farm Revolution How Brazil's research agency Embrapa made the acidic Cerrado savanna farmable, turning Brazil from a food importer into a farm superpower. 📄 Read-aloud
- Sugarcane Ethanol and Flex-Fuel Cars How Brazil's Proálcool programme after the 1970s oil shocks built a sugarcane ethanol industry, and how flex-fuel cars let drivers choose fuel by price. 📄 Read-aloud
- Brazil's Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Brazil's economy, the miracle, indexation, Bolsa Família and the Cerrado. 5 questions
- Petrobras and Operation Car Wash How the 2014 Operation Car Wash investigation uncovered a massive bribery scheme around Petrobras contracts, and its economic and political consequences. 📄 Read-aloud
- Embraer: Brazil's Aircraft Maker How Brazil built Embraer from a state company into the world's third-largest commercial aircraft maker, and what it shows about industrial policy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Inequality in Brazil Why Brazil has among the world's highest income inequality, how it fell in the 2000s, and the roles of education, land, taxes and history. 📄 Read-aloud
- Why Brazil's Interest Rates Are So High Why Brazil has had some of the world's highest real interest rates, the role of fiscal risk, credit market problems and inflation history, and the effects on growth. 📄 Read-aloud
- Brazil, India and BRICS How Brazil and India cooperate through BRICS, IBSA and the G20, their trade relationship, and how Brazil hosted the BRICS summit in 2025. 📄 Read-aloud
- Lessons from Brazil What Brazil's experience teaches about inflation, research, social policy and state firms, and a recap of the module. 📄 Read-aloud