On November 8, AS/COA hosted a public discussion on Brazil’s economic and political prospects for 2014. Panelists discussed the political climate in Brazil, the impact of Brazil’s macroeconomic policies, and the next administration’s ability to address Brazil’s economic bottlenecks. Prospectiva’s Ricardo Sennes focused on Brazil’s political fragmentation, Rousseff’s current term, and the outlook for the 2014 elections.

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On November 8, AS/COA hosted a public discussion on Brazil’s economic and political prospects for 2014. Panelists discussed the political climate in Brazil, the impact of macroeconomic policies, and the next administration’s ability to address the country’s economic bottlenecks.

Standard & Poor’s Economist and Managing Director of Latin American Sovereign Ratings Lisa Schineller suggested that a combination of “structural, cyclical, external, and domestic issues” was the source of Brazil's slowdown. The country is expected to grow 2.3 percent between 2011 and 2015, a lower rate than Latin America at 3.2 percent.

On November 8, AS/COA hosted a public discussion on Brazil’s economic and political prospects for 2014. Panelists discussed the political climate in Brazil, the impact of Brazil’s macroeconomic policies, and the next administration’s ability to address Brazil’s economic bottlenecks.

Davis Hodge, director of Prospectiva, observed that Brazil continues to face a lack of competitiveness and a industrial slowdown, as current policies have not resolved these issues.

On November 8, AS/COA hosted a public discussion on Brazil’s economic and political prospects for 2014. Panelists discussed the political climate in Brazil, the impact of Brazil’s macroeconomic policies, and the next administration’s ability to address Brazil’s economic bottlenecks.

Read the event summary.

Speakers:

• Davis Hodge, Director, Prospectiva (Download his presentation)
• Lisa Schineller, Economist and Managing Director, Latin American Sovereign Ratings, Standard & Poor’s (Download her presentation)
• Ricardo Sennes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva (Download his presentation)
• Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator)