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What's the structure, who are the important players, corporations,
wealthy families in Brazil's economy. Include government agencies,
research institutes, universities, associations, political parties,
and of course corporations. Particularly interested for Ethanol,
BioFuels industry

2006-09-10 16:30:05 · 3 answers · asked by JD 1 in Politics & Government Other - Politics & Government

3 answers

According to the CIA World Factbook, Brazil has the ninth largest economy in the world at purchasing power parity as of 2006. Brazil has a diversified middle income economy with wide variations in levels of development. Most large industry is concentrated in the south and south east. The north east is traditionally the poorest part of Brazil, but it is beginning to attract new investment.

Brazil's economy outweighs that of all other Latin America countries and is expanding its presence in world markets.

With the 1973 oil crisis the Brazilian government, then ran by a military junta, initiated in 1975 the Pró-Álcool program.

On 19 December 2005, the government-based Petrobras announced a contract with the Japanese Nippon Alcohol Hanbai for the creation of a joint-venture based in Japan to import ethanol from Brazil. The company, Brazil-Japan Ethanol, will have as its main object the creation of an ethanol market in Japan.

The U.S., potentially the largest market for the Brazilian ethanol, currently imposes trade restrictions on the product in order to encourage domestic production of corn ethanol, which is, however, much less efficient than its sugarcane counterpart.

The Brazilian Government wants to double the amount of sugar cane fields in the next few years

2006-09-12 10:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by nonconformiststraightguy 6 · 0 0

in case you haven't any longer been preserving up with the capability industries, huge oil is familiar with what's forward. there is at the instant an outstanding variety of shape beginning for ethanol refineries. i think of we've 2 or 3 beginning right here in Arkansas. Brazil would be capability self reliant the two this twelve months or next. we would desire to do the comparable right here. that would require a great development of nuclear capability flora. we choose a minimum of two hundred extra the day gone by. we've sufficient coal to final for 250+ years, so we are in a position to replace gas-fired with coal-fired flora. there are countless places attainable for hydro-electric powered flora additionally. probable approximately 10 on the Arkansas River on my own. properly, back to Brazil. She's ok.

2016-09-30 13:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

can i get the money first

2006-09-10 17:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jose R 6 · 0 0

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