Brazil Needs its Own Version of China Dream, Expert Says
Brazil Needs its Own Version of China Dream, Expert Says
Lourdes Casanova, professor at Cornell University, said Brazil and China still have a good deal that can be leveraged from their growing relationship during a presentation at AS/COA.
Brazil's emergence as one of the leading Latin American economies has taken place in tandem with rapid growth in China over the last decade, a sign of the growing link between the two emerging markets.
A professor at Cornell University, who specializes in the Latin American region, said Brazil and China still have a good deal that can be leveraged from their growing relationship....
In her June 2014 book, The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power: In Search of the Brazil Dream, which Casanova co-wrote with Julian Kassum, the authors question whether Brazil's rise on the global stage is still taking shape or if the country's growth has already hit a lull.
On Oct 15, Casanova joined fellow Cornell scholar Humberto Ribeiro at the Americas Society in New York for a dialogue on her book and the state of the Brazilian economy.
"In Brazil right now we are seeing that many of the citizens want change," Casanova said. "We'll see with the results of the presidential election, but they want change in politics and society. People want better health, better services, better public transportation and a better life...."
