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Substitute strategy or substitution strategy was put in place by Brazil’s government following the 1930’s Great Depression because of the disastrous turn of events in its economy. With coffee being its main exporter at the time, Brazil had to change its economy. It did so during this time by creating an import substation strategy where the government would invest a massive amount of money and targeted key industries. Along with the investments and focus in other areas, Brazil’s government also safeguarded against competition using high tariff walls.
The article notes that the strategy worked for four decades. Brazil saw a… Continue Reading...
Developing Country and Health: Enhancing Public Health in Brazil
In Brazil, public health issues are similar to those in other developing and developed countries. For instance, just as obesity and diabetes is a problem of epidemic proportions in the U.S., so too is it in Brazil. Brazil's health care structure, however, is significantly different, with free health care for all citizens being available (the finer details of this policy are not as alluring as they may seem on the surface, as long wait times for health care can often be the result) (Fleury, 2011). Nonetheless, this paper will… Continue Reading...
(2007) entitled “Girl, You are Not Morena. We are Negras! Questioning the Concept of ‘Race’ in Southern Bahia, Brazil” that examines the way in which race is perceived in urban areas on South America—particularly in Brazil where the city of Salvador is located. Race is a major issue for urban areas in the United States, but in a different way than it is an issue for people in this part of South America. It is almost the exact opposite, in fact. While in the U.S., people are taught to embrace their ethnicity and to be proud of the things that make them unique and different, in Brazil there… Continue Reading...
house forty inmates may be packed with twice that amount of inmates, forcing them to sleep in triple or double bunks (Smith-Spark, 2014).
Brazil's Justice Ministry is in charge of the nation's prison system, whose management comes under National Penitentiary Department duties. In the year 2013, the nation's prisons housed 581,000 inmates, making its incarcerated population the 4th largest worldwide. Of these, 557,000 were held in jails while the rest were detained within police facilities. Brazil's prison system comprises of a total of 1,598 facilities. Every single one of these is excessively overpopulated. On account of the nation's glaring failure in managing its prison system, particularly in terms of capacity, private investors were… Continue Reading...
is most popular. As an example, such a company might prefer to target Brazil among the BRICS because soccer is the dominant sport there. It is not a particularly major sport in China or India, so even though those countries are much larger than Brazil, they would not be the first choice market. South Africa might be the weakest of the BRICS for a company specializing in soccer – while soccer is a very popular sport there, this is mainly among poorer people who might prefer cheaper tekkies.
An MNE, Nachum and Song point out, can be viewed as a portfolio of businesses,… Continue Reading...
John Burdick in “The Lost Constituency of Brazil’s Black Movements” questions the narrative that race mixing, or mestizaje, is a solution to the problem of race in Brazil. Burdick states that “in Brazil the social perception of race exists along a continuum that encourages passing toward whiteness, making it difficult to forge a unified nonwhite identity” (139). What Burdick implies is that many Brazilians lack a distinct racial identity because of race mixing. The Black Identity in particular is negligibly felt socially in Brazil, and Burdick’s research indicates as much, with thirty participants claiming “to have used,… Continue Reading...
virus originated with the French Polynesian ZIKV force came into Brazil around May and Dec of 2013.
The unparalleled dimension and impact from the ZIKV pandemic within the Americas could be the all-natural consequence of a unique release right into a big populace without having preexisting immune system; Much like the Americas, the communities of Yap Tropical island and French. The seriousness of results in latest breakouts, in comparison with previous findings of moderate illness, has directed a few to hypothesize that this virus seems to have mutated to become much more pathogenic.
The important obstacle in ZIKV monitoring is… Continue Reading...
in Cuba or Lula in Brazil, the Left was of one mind when it came to addressing the social problems of the day: the state would take care of everything. And, indeed, for a period of time it seemed to work. The exports of the Latin American nations were in high demand and prices were good. As Castaneda (2016) points out, “from roughly 2003 through 2012, Latin America enjoyed one of the greatest commodity booms in its modern history. Exporting everything from oil to soybeans, Latin American governments received windfalls, which they spent on social… Continue Reading...
as heavily populated areas such as Brazil. Although the symptoms of the Zika virus are relatively mild for most people, pregnant women are at risk due to a growing body of scientific evidence that indicates a link with microcephaly and a trigger for Guillain-Barre syndrome. This evidence resulted in the World Health Organization classifying the Zika virus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in early 2016, and there have been outbreaks reported in 20 countries and territories since active surveillance began in earnest. This essay provides a brief description of the Zika virus and… Continue Reading...
imposed increased pressure on the constrained resources. Therefore, Africa would need to integrate climate-smart technologies that realize increasing crop yield and decreasing dependence on non-renewable resources (World Bank, 2015).
Effective political leadership is fundamental for accelerated poverty and hinder reduction. An effective leadership system ensures democratic institutions that give clear policy instruments and implementation. As Suttie (2017) notes, policy needs to recognize the tradeoff between the transaction costs and the long-term returns of investing in the poor and rural communities. Brazil and China are recognized as two countries to realize a reduction in rural extreme poverty by making poverty eradication as a political priority. Such a strategy enabled the two countries to focus their public policies on incentivizing rural investment to drive the rural economy. China established a Household Responsibility System that linked the farmers to the non-farm economy in the urban centers fostering market-oriented agriculture (FAO 2018).
v. Rebuttal for Opponents
Africa poverty and hunger challenge entail a mix of technological institutional, human and physical resource constraints. Africa is… Continue Reading...
is a type of prejudice that most countries fight, do not tolerate and hotly discuss. Countries such as Brazil had once categorized themselves as racial democracies. They allowed people who were racially indifferent to live side-by-side. Such countries are now experiencing the harsh reality of historic and entrenched racism. Some people argue that class and not race is the main cause of social distinction. This is because racism has become illegal officially from forms of overt racism such as abuse on social media and killing of unarmed blacks by police, especially in countries where whites dominate (John 551-558).
Impact of Racism and Discrimination on Civil and Student Rights… Continue Reading...
era of military coups brought countries like Bolivia and Brazil (1964), Uruguay and Chile (1973) to the forefront of a tumultuous era full of change and instability. It was Castro’s decision to embrace Marxism and thus implement successful changes to his country that created the whirlwind… Continue Reading...
in countries with poor regulatory environments and poor governance, including the United States, China, India, and Brazil. Generally, any nation with a robust manufacturing base will reveal underlying culprits contributing to environmental degradation, climate change, as well as to deleterious public health outcomes. Organizations in those countries are also in a position to intervene, changing their business practices to become more aligned with ethical principles.
The Role of Ethical Decision Making
All organizations have a direct responsibility to perform ethically and to engage in ethical business practices. Ethical decision making starts with senior management, which sets the ethical tone for the entire organization. Even with strong… Continue Reading...
that stress out nurses. These are: exposure to adverse environments; and critical condition of patients. The study was done in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it spanned across eight ICUs. The data gathered included, biosocial data, level of occupational stress, level of occupational coping, and the symptoms and signs of stress. The study also employed the Maslach… Continue Reading...
partners “such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and South Korea” as already having market-economy status. Meanwhile, the U.S. and the EU have refused China this recognition in a territorial bid to maintain their own hegemony in the world trade order of the past.
The WTO officially got its start in 1995, with 123 nations signing on for what would replace the old GATT agreement—the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—which critics like Sir James opposed on the grounds of its inherent promotion of off-shoring, which James contended undermined the stability of the domestic economy (by… Continue Reading...
supply shortage, and a skills mismatch. Forecasting models show that even in Brazil, India, and China, there will be a critical labor supply shortage that will cause economies to stagnate. Technology cannot make up for the labor shortage because technology does not supplant people; it actually just creates different jobs.
Migration is one of the keys to resolving the labor shortage, but ultimately it comes down to the need for higher skilled workers all over the world. Upskilling is the key. Through upskilling, education, and training, the work force of the future can meet the demands for their services to perpetuate a… Continue Reading...
forces: China, India, and Brazil. Globalization is not the supremacy of American ideals, American values, or American democracy. Rather, globalization is the economic integration of marketplaces. Globalization tends to encourage free trade agreements, and free trade facilitates globalization. Yet globalization has not impeded or undermined national sovereignty and regional coalitions. Globalization is not Americanization because Americans—and the nation of the United States—are as dependent on other countries as they are on it. When Dyreson (2013) points out that the “promotion of American visions of affluence” has led to the popularity of Olympic sports like… Continue Reading...
Brazil, where corruption has riddled government, there is still the farcical situation in place of a government that attempts to police itself. The entire system is devoid of any real meaning and serves only its own interests. It is not about serving the people who have allegedly elected them to serve. The reality is that the people no longer care for these elections (and this is seen even in the U.S., where only a small percentage of eligible voters actually vote in elections). The prevailing sense is that in order… Continue Reading...
of Case 1.1, “Made in the U.S.A. – Dumped in Brazil, Africa, Iraq” from a utilitarianism perspective, followed by a summary of the research and important findings concerning these issues in the conclusion.
Review and Analysis
The history of dumping unsafe or otherwise banned products in other countries by U.S. companies is lengthy and damning at first glance. For example, Shaw cites numerous examples of U.S. companies selling infant wear in other countries that had been shown to be carcinogenic, painkillers that caused fatal blood disorders, and baby pacifiers that caused choking deaths. The motive for these practices is usually… Continue Reading...
and 591 Sam's Clubs in the United States (Corona, 2014). In addition, Walmart has 21 retail stores in Argentina, 313 in Brazil, 305 in Canada, 149 in Costa Rica, 70 in El Salvador, 145 in Guatemala, 47 in Honduras, 394 in Japan, 1,023 in Mexico, 46 in Nicaragua, 54 in Puerto Rico, and 352 in the UK, together with more than 202 stores in China that are managed as joint ventures (Corona, 2014). Moreover, Walmart is the only company in the top four of the Fortune 500 that is not an energy company (Carden, 2010).
To its credit, Walmart has been cited for a number of positive contributions to the communities… Continue Reading...
