Brazil - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

**Brazil**

**Capital:** Brasília
**Population:** 212,559,409 (World Bank, 2020)
**GDP per capita, PPP:** $14,836.3 (World Bank, 2020)

Guaratinguetá, Brazil

**Main Religion:** Christianity

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $69,174.41 (Millions) (2019)
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $-16,418.99 (Millions) (2020)
Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $239,178.41 (Millions) (2020)
Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $227,441.88 (Millions) (2020)
Source: World Bank

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil - Investing - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
FactSheet_2021_new (unctad.org)
Foreign trade figures of Brazil - Economic and Political Overview - International Trade Portal International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)
Brazil - United States Department of State

Macro Data

Brazil | Data (worldbank.org)
Brazil and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Brazil - The World Factbook (cia.gov)
Brazil country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves - ScienceDirect
Municipal solid waste in Brazil: A review - Raquel Greice de Souza Marotta Alfaia, Alyne Moraes Costa, Juacyara Carbonelli Campos, 2017 (sagepub.com)
The Monetary and Fiscal History of Brazil, 1960-2016 | NBER
Foreign Direct Investment and Elections: The Impact of Greenfield FDI on Incumbent Party Reelection in Brazil - Erica Owen, 2019 (sagepub.com)
Brazil, BITs and FDI: A Synthetic Control Approach in: The Journal of World Investment & Trade Volume 20 Issue 1 (2019) (brill.com)
Empirical analysis on the determinants of FDI in Brazil for the period of the post 1990: Transnational Corporations Review: Vol 9, No 3 (tandfonline.com)
Foreign direct investment & its correlation to economics: The case of Brazil: Journal of Transnational Management: Vol 24, No 4 (tandfonline.com)
Effects of Outward Foreign Direct Investment on Domestic Investment: The Cases of Brazil and China - Gondim - 2018 - Journal of International Development - Wiley Online Library
Foreign direct investment in Brazil: A positive perspective of the future - Bernardi - 2018 - Strategic Change - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of Domestic Factors Affecting Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil: Latin American Business Review: Vol 18, No 1 (tandfonline.com)
Carbon emissions embodied in China-Brazil trade: Trends and driving factors - ScienceDirect
SciELO - Brazil - Divergences Between New Patterns of Global Trade and Brazil/Mercosur* Divergences Between New Patterns of Global Trade and Brazil/Mercosur*
Port infrastructures and trade: Empirical evidence from Brazil - ScienceDirect
Interdependence of China, United States, and Brazil in Soybean Trade
Wild Meat Trade and Consumption in the Central Amazon, Brazil | SpringerLink
Rethinking use and trade of pelagic sharks from Brazil - ScienceDirect
Eco-innovations in developing countries: The case of Manaus Free Trade Zone (Brazil) - ScienceDirect
Environmental trade-offs of renewable jet fuels in Brazil: Beyond the carbon footprint - ScienceDirect
Brazil Export Sectors. A Comparative Example with the European Market - ProQuest
Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Analysis of Hydrous Ethanol Price Competitiveness after the Implementation of the Fossil Fuel Import Price Parity Policy in Brazil (mdpi.com)
Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Analysis of Hydrous Ethanol Price Competitiveness after the Implementation of the Fossil Fuel Import Price Parity Policy in Brazil (mdpi.com)
Success Factors in M&As of Knowledge-Intensive Firms in Brazil: Evidence from Consulting Engineering Companies | SpringerLink
Role of political risk to achieve carbon neutrality: Evidence from Brazil - ScienceDirect
Aquaculture in Brazil: past, present and future - ScienceDirect
Towards a smart grid power system in Brazil: Challenges and opportunities - ScienceDirect
Brazil Apart: 1964-2019 - Perry Anderson - Google Books
Atmosphere | Free Full-Text | Extreme Drought Events over Brazil from 2011 to 2019 (mdpi.com)

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Keep in mind that Documentaries and in-Depth TV News programs usually reflect a certain viewpoint. ZRB

Can Brazil Survive Bolsonaro? | The Economist - YouTube
How Junk Food is Transforming Brazil | Times Documentary - YouTube
The war on Rio's gangs | Hotspots - YouTube

Important History Events

Why History? History shapes the present and future and even may repeat itself. ZRB

Brazil: The Story of Slavery - YouTube
Frontiers of Citizenship: A Black and Indigenous History of Postcolonial Brazil - Yuko Miki - Google Books
Development and Crisis in Brazil, 1930-1983 | Luiz Bresser Pereira, Th (taylorfrancis.com)

Other Issues

Issues that may have indirect effects or long-run effects either on opportunities or risks of FDI and International Trade. ZRB

Brazil: How humans are destroying paradise | DW Documentary - YouTube
The Brazilian Amazon’s Tipping Point May Already Be Here - YouTube
Spatiotemporal climatic analysis in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil - ScienceDirect

Traditional Costume

Brazil

Blog on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher to Identify Risks versus Opportunities at the Country Level

Brazil - Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade

Finland

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