A privatização das águas no contexto da contrarreforma do estado brasileiro
The article brings forward the so-called water reform in Brazil, as it was proposed by the federal government. It highlights its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Such a proposal intends to change the ways of controlling the access to water, in view of its privatization, as water is a natural resource that integrates every process of production, besides the fact that it is essential to preserve life. Because of that, the water reform is considered one of the actions of the counter-reform of the Brazilian state, according to the dominant interests in search of getting over the present crisis of capital.
Investimento direto estrangeiro e o desempenho das exportações brasileiras
Brazil, in the 1990s, assumed a remarkable position as a host of foreign direct investment. It is worth mentioning that the service sector received the highest proportion of foreign investment. This market seeking strategy was responsible for the growth of the Brazilian imports. The results are confirmed by the performance of foreign enterprises into different groups of activities. Those enterprises with majority of foreign capital have increased their imports the most from 1995 to 2000. Therefore, during the 1995-2000 period, this study does not support the view that foreign investment has directly improved the performance of the Brazilian exporting sector.
Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment
T who must wrestle from day to day with the problems of India's development surely feel overwhelmed at times by what has yet to be achieved. Those, such as myself, who can afford the luxury of surveying India's record from a long-run point of view are impressed as much by the accomplishments as by the remaining problems. Not the least of these accomplishments is the development of a modem industrial sector in India capable of supplying a considerable part of India's industrial needs and of exporting some of its output to the rest of the world.