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Brazil Economy & Finances

May 2008

For Brazil, Brazilian, economy, economics, finance, finances, financial, public policy, trade, industry, budget, growth, debt, aid, development, stock exchange, markets, indicators, monetary policy, legislation, public policy, inequality, poverty, welfare, news, working papers, analysis, research, publications, data, studies, surveys, statistics

Edited by
Dr Nivalde José de Castro, Instituto de Economia-UFRJ/NUCA-Núcleo de Computação & Prossiga-Economics Virtual Library, Coordinator

Dr Alfredo Saad-Filho, Department of Development Studies-SOAS, London University, Senior Lecturer

Finances

Global Sources

Business

Trade/Mercosur

Multilateral Orgs

Government

Research

Portals/Publications

NGOs

Academia

Media

Homepages

Translation Publications  

Brazilian Research Institutions
  • CEPE-Centro de Pesquisa em Economia Internacional: access to publications; site map
  • DIEESE-Inter Trade Union Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic; statistics and studies
  • FGV-Fundação Getúlio Vargas: access to some publications and statistics; site map
  • FIPE-Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas: USP-Universidade de São Paulo; access to seminar papers and statistics; site map
  • IBGE-Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística: official statistics and studies; site map and search facilities
  • IEDI-Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento Industrial: news and studies on industry, technology, export sector; site map
  • IETS-Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade: labour, employment and poverty; site map
  • INESC- Instituto de Estudos Sócio-Econômicos: site map; English and Spanish versions
  • IPEA-Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica e Aplicada: governmental research agency; Ipeadata; search and site map

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Government

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NGOs/Think Tanks/Research

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Portals / Virtual Libraries
  • Biblioteca Virtual de Economia-Prossiga: Instituto de Economia-UFRJ/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; no longer updated but vast archive
  • ELDIS-Electronic Development and Environment Information System: Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University; Brazilian reference page, site map
  • REPEC-Research Papers in Economics: open academic network with vast contents

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Brazilian Publications

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Brazilian Academia

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International Sources
  • BIS-Bank for International Settlements: central banks' research forum
  • BRIE-Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy: University of California, Berkeley; working and research papers and other publications
  • Index of Economic Freedom: The Heritage Foundation & Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom; "measures 161 countries against a list of 50 independent variables divided into 10 broad factors"
  • IEE-Institute for International Economics: US think tank; papers on Brazil
  • LARG-Latin America Research Group: Federal Reserve Bank of tlanta (USA)
  • OxLAD-Oxford University Latin American Economic History Database: English, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Red Eurolatinoamericana Celso Furtado de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo Económico: academic network; papers in Spanish, French, Portuguese or English
  • World Economic Forum: site map
Multilateral Organisations

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Finances

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Media
Trade/Mercosur
  • ALADI-Latin American Integration Association: search, site map; English, Portuguese and Spanish
  • AITIC-Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation; search and site map; French, English and Spanish
  • BEM-Banco Estatístico do Mercosul: UFRGS-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • EurOsur: European Union/Mercosur Documentary Link; multilingual news bulletin
  • FTAA-Free Trade Area of the Americas: site map, Brazilian page; multilingual site
  • Funcex-Fundação Centro de Estudos do Comércio Exterior: site map and search facilities
  • Integracion Sur: D3E & CLAES; in Spanish
  • International Trade Center: WTO-World Trade Organization & UNCTAD-United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; search, site map; English, French and Spanish
  • MercoPress: news agency; page on Brazil; Spanish and English
  • Mercosul: Foreign Relations Ministry; contains documents and news in Portuguese
  • Mercosur: official site with documents and news; Spanish and Portuguese
  • Mercosur-Macroeconomic Monitoring Group: Argentine Government; English, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Red Mercosur-Mercosur Economic Research Network: English, Spanish and Portuguese
  • WTO-World Trade Organization:pages on Brazil and country statistics; site map, search; English, French and Spanish

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Brazilian Business
  • CNI-Confederação Nacional da Indústria: see Brazil for Export (searchable database)
  • FIRJAN- Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: English and Spanish versions
  • FIESP -Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo: site map

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Translation
  • IMF Terminology: International Monetary Fund; multilingual directory with over 4,500 terms

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Homepages

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Contributors: Alice Espinola (Brazil), Flávio Shirahige (Brazil), Amanda Hancock (USA)

Websites listed do not represent our views. Responsibility for editorial content and accuracy rests solely on original sources