For more resources on international business practices, visit the International Business Resources or Country Guides Information.

• Business operations in Brazil   Reference Table 6 KF6289.A1T35 #954
  Heavy tax and accounting focus.

• Doing business with Latin America   HD1393.4.L29D65 1996
• Brazil, a country study   Government Documents
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• Brazil, A country study

The country studies page describes and analyzes political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions of foreign countries. These  focus on historical setting, society and its environment, education and culture, economic policy and structure, government and politics and national security.  Scroll down to the bottom of the main page to browse the table of contents by country.

• Background Notes
  Provides information on geographic entities and international organizations. Information includes basic country profile, people and history, government and political conditions, economy, defense, foreign relations, and travel and business information.   From the U.S. Dept. of State.
• Brazilian Embassy
• Central Bank of Brazil
• Current Exchange Rate (Yahoo Finance)
• Governments on the WWW:  Brazil
• Doing Business in Brazil
  Brief overview of cultural considerations.
• Internet Public Library:  Brazilian Newspapers
• Tradeport  

Basic background information covering the labor force, languages, ethnicity, and education

• Brazil Statistics (From the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)

Provides statistical information by topics in the areas of indicators, population, and economics. At this time some of the information is only available in Portugeuse.

• Brazil Facts and Figures (From Nationsmaster.com)

Provides statistics for the country in the areas of Agriculture, Crime, Education, Food, Lifestyle, and much more. References are included for each statistic.

• Brazil Data and Statistics (From the World Bank)

Social and Economic data for the country

• World Factbook
  Gives a good general background of the country, including information on communications, defense, the economy, flags, maps, geography, the people, government, military, and transportation.

 

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