Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Brazilian Political Analysis
2.1. Structure and stability of government
2.2. Government policy agenda
2.2.1: Policy agenda
2.2.2: Industrial policy
2.2.3: R&D policies
3. Brazilian Economic Analysis
3.1: Sectoral contribution to GDP and GDP growth rate
3.2: Macroeconomic forecast and scenario analysis (2014-2019)
3.3: Overview of key industries
3.3.1. Automotive industry
3.3.2. Construction sector
3.3.3. Telecommunication sector
3.3.4: Oil and gas sector
3.5: Pricing trends - inflation and interest rates
3.6: Consumption, saving, and investment trends
3.7: International trade and its contribution to GDP
3.8: Foreign Direct Investment by industry
4. Brazil’s Economic and Business Risk Analysis
4.1: Current account deficit
4.2: Risk in balance of payment
4.3: Risk in foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
4.4: Risk in external sector
4.4.1: External debt and default risk
4.5: Credit rating of countries
5. Brazil Social Environment Analysis
5.1: Social and demographic analysis
5.2: Labor market
5.3: Social development index
6. Brazil R&D and Technological factor
6.1: R&D expenditure in Brazil
6.2: Impact of technology in industry
6.3: Technology policy
7. Brazil Legal Environment Analysis
7.1: Company law
7.2: Tax law
7.3: Recent economic policies
7.4: Doing business in Brazil in 2013
8. Brazil Environmental Analysis
8.1: Environmental policy
9. Brazil SWOT Analysis
List of Figures
Chapter 3. Brazil’s Economic Analysis
Figure 3.1: Global economic scenarios
Figure 3.2: Trend of Real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.3: Forecast of Real GDP growth rate
Figure 3.4: Trend and forecast of GDP and per capita GDP
Figure 3.5: Trend of per capita income
Figure 3.6: GDP sectoral contribution
Figure 3.7: Share of different sectors in GDP
Figure 3.8: Trend of automobile production
Figure 3.9: Trend of exports of automobile
Figure 3.10: Trend of construction industry of Brazil
Figure 3.11: Trend of subscriber’s base in Brazilian telecom sector
Figure 3.12: Trend of oil production and consumption
Figure 3.13: Annual trend of inflation and interest rate
Figure 3.14: Trend of savings and investments as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.15: Trend of consumption expenditure as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.16: Trend of Brazil’s international trade
Figure 3.17: Trend of exports and imports as percentage of GDP
Figure 3.18: Trend of FDI inflow by industry
Chapter 4. Brazil Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Figure 4.1: Trend of current account balance as percentage of GDP
Figure 4.2: Trend of balance of payment of Brazil
Figure 4.3: Trend of foreign exchange reserves and exchange rate
Figure 4.4: Trend of debt position of Brazil
Figure 4.5: Trend of debt as percentage of GDP
Chapter 5. Brazil’s Social Environment Analysis
Figure 5.1: Political map of Brazil
Figure 5.2: Trend of population and population growth rate
Figure 5.3: Population age structure
Figure 5.4: Trend of unemployment rate in Brazil
Chapter 6. Brazil’s R&D and Technological Factors
Figure 6.1: Trend of R&D expenditure in Brazil
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
Table 1.1: Factors affecting business in Brazil
Chapter 2. Brazil’s Political Analysis
Table 2.1: Political factors and their impact on business
Chapter 3. Brazil’s Economic Analysis
Table 3.1: Factors affecting industrial growth
Table 3.2: FDI limits by industry
Table 3.3: Economic factors and their impact on business
Chapter 4. Brazil Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Table 4.1: Credit rating of countries by Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P
Table 4.2: Economic risk factors and their impact on business
Chapter 5. Brazil’s Social Analysis
Table 5.1: Corruption, GINI, Homicide, and Human Development Index
Table 5.2: Social factors and their impact on business
Chapter 6. Brazil’s R&D and Technological Factors
Table 6.1: Technological factors and their impact on business
Chapter 7. Brazil’s Legal Analysis
Table 7.1: Income tax slab for assessment Year 2014
Table 7.2: Indicators for starting a business
Table 7.3: Ranking in 2014 for ease of doing business
Table 7.4: Legal factors and their impact on business
Chapter 8. Brazil’s Environmental Analysis
Table 8.1: Environmental factors and their impact on business