Starting Over: Brazil Since 1985

Index

221 Index ABECEB (consulting firm), 157 ABN (bank), 62 Abreu, Marcelo, 158 Absolute poverty. See Extreme poverty Ação direta de inconstitucionalidade (ADIN, direct action of unconstitutionality ), 16 Account deficits, 47, 80, 147, 150 Act of Buenos Aires, 143 Adaptable Program Loan, 134 ADIN (Ação direta de inconstitucionalidade , direct action of unconstitutionality ), 16 Aerus (pension fund), 21 Age-grade distortion rates, 89, 92–93 Agricultural sector, 169–72, 174–77 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 164, 183 AIDS. See HIV/AIDS AIG, failure of, 82 ALADI. See Association of Latin American Integration ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America), 164 Alckmin, Geraldo, 75 Alfonsín, Raúl, 141, 143, 147 al Qaeda, 49 Amadeo, Edward, 129 Amazon: deforestation of, 180–81; and global warming, 178–79; investment in, 76 Ambev (beer company), 73 Amendments, constitutional. See Constitutional Amendment Ames, Barry, 13 Amorim, Celso, 161, 171, 181, 182, 183 AMRO Real (bank), 62 ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency), 20 ANATEL. See National Telecommunications Agency ANEEL (National Electricity Regulatory Agency), 29, 30 ANP (National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels Agency), 29, 30 Antidumping, 145, 159, 161, 177 Antiretroviral medicines, 112 Aracruz (financial firm), 83 Arbix, Glauco, 79 Argentina: economic crisis in, 49–50; and exchange rates, 47; and exports, 73; higher education in, 99; inflation models in, 35, 36, 38, 41; rapprochement with Brazil, 140, 141–58, 191 Arida, Pérsio, 35, 42, 43–44 “Arinos” (Constitutional Studies) Commission , 7 Association of Latin American Integration (ALADI), 142, 143, 151 Atomic Agency, UN, 184 08-2143-7 index.indd 221 6/1/11 6:44 PM 222 Index Atomic energy. See Nuclear power Austral Plan, 141, 142, 147 Autarquia (legally granted independence ), 29 Automobile sector: expansion of, 80; exports, 156; and Mercosul, 145, 147–48, 150, 151–52, 157; tax exemptions, 26 Azambuja, Marcos, 179 Bacha, Edmar, 42, 43 Baixo clero (excluded members), 11 Ballots, complexity of, 11 Bamerindus (bank), 61–62 Banco Econômico, 61 Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES): and economic recovery, 84, 189; and financial reform, 62; and investment rates, 192; and private sector investment , 194; and privatization, 51–52, 58, 59; and Program for Accelerated Growth, 77; and Program for Industry , Technology, and Foreign Trade, 78, 79 Banco Sur, 156 Banco Votorantim, 83 BANERJ (bank), 61, 62 Banespa (bank), 27, 61, 62, 64 Banking sector, 61–62, 63–65, 82–83, 86. See also specific banks Bank of Brazil: credit shares from, 189; and economic recovery, 84; loans from, 24; and Nossa Caixa, 83; and retirement benefits, 119, 124; size of, 62, 64 Bank of the South, 164 Bankruptcy and bankruptcy laws, 20–21, 75, 86 Barros, Ricardo, 137, 139 Basic health care package (PAB), 110 Basic operational norms (NOBs), 106, 109–10 BBVA (bank), 62 Bear Stearns, failure of, 82 Belo Monte hydropower project, 76 Bernardo, Paulo, 75 Bevilacqua, Afonso, 65 Bilateral Commission for Monitoring Trade, 156 BNDES. See Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social BNDES Participações (BNDESPAR), 51–52 Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America (ALBA), 164 Bolivia: free trade agreement in, 157; inflation models in, 41 Bolsa Alimentação, 110–11, 131, 189 Bolsa Escola, 89, 131, 189 Bolsa Família: and social advance, 87, 132–36, 138, 189; success of, 3, 5, 195 Botafogo, José, 151 BP oil disaster, 85 Bradesco (bank), 62 Brazil: economic growth in, 33–86; foreign policy in, 140–85; future predictions for, 191–96; past accomplishments , evaluation of, 186–91; political change in, 6–32; social advance in, 87–139 Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, PMDB), 9, 10, 38 Brazilian Institute of Municipal Administration (IBAM), 131 Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis (IBASE), 134 “Brazilian Miracle,” 3–4 Brazilian National Confederation of Industry, 74 Brazilian Social Democratic Party (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, PSDB), 9, 26, 131–32 Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos, 38, 41 Bresser Plan, 38 BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), 4, 141, 191 Brizola, Leonel, 8 Buarque, Cristovam, 131 Budget Committee of the Câmara, 11 08-2143-7 index.indd 222 6/1/11 6:44 PM Index 223 Budget Guidelines Law (LDO), 48 Bush, George H. W., 160 CACEX (Foreign Trade of the Bank of Brazil Department), 66 Caetano, Marcelo Abi-Ramia, 126 Cairns Group, 169 Caixa Econômica, 62, 64, 84, 189 Calmon Amendment, 88 Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputies), 7, 10, 11, 13, 26, 192 Camargo Corrêa...