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Brazil is a country mostly known for it's obsession in fotball, it's colorful people, vast beaches, Amazonas and festivities such as "Carnaval". All of this is of course something wery present of the life in Brazil, but for the wide diversion this country is possessing, this is far from the only things that this country has to offer.
I wont in my experiences about Brazil try to whitewash the surface to try to make a better picture of it. This is still a country whit a lot of problems to be solved, not only here in São Paulo, but in all of the corners of this massive country. But in these problems such as corruption, pollution, poverty and insecurity there is also potential. This potential has been demonstrated during the last twenty years, as the economy for the first time has stepped it's foot on the world stage. Here the democratization of the country and the "Plano Real"*, which implemented the present currency here in brazil "Real", has played a important role to make this happen, but also the high demand of natural recources and ethanol. Together with the other "BRICS" countries (Russia, India, China and South Africa) they are changing the rules and are putting pressure on todays obvious powers.
It's an interessting time we are witnessing when technology and the extintion of poverty is accelerating it's speed and only in the "BRICS" millions of people have stepped out of poverty and improved their lives significantly*. Here actions like the "bolsa familia"** which was an initiative from the ex president "Lula" is contributing to this trend since it is incentivating families to let their children go to school. I would like to contribute to continue this trend and also work for sustainable growth as it has been proven that you can combine progress with social responsibility. We can not just stand by watching our planet being exploited any more. Therefore the care for environmental sustainability is one of my biggest conserns and I wish to dedicate my life to help solving this hard equation.
If you wish to know more about Brazil and Sweden, the BRICS and social responsibility I advice you to keep on reading this blog.
I will below give some references and links to other inspiring places to read more on these topics.
In numbers
The world Bank data
*Itau Unibanco report about Brazil (here for example you can see in numbers the changes of inflation thanks to the "Plano Real")
In text
One of my professors at USP (University of São Paulo) has a very interesting homepage to learn more about the "BRICS"
In Video
Hans Rosling from Sweden, the most interesting statistician in modern time
About Bolsa familia
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/BRAZILEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21447054~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:322341,00.html
I'll keep you posted,
Gustav Runeberg Schultz
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