#238 Economic Crisis: Political and Economic Implications

By Alexandre Barros and Alkimar R. Moura

From the Preface

These papers were prepared for a public conference held at the Woodrow Wilson Center on March 4, 1999, entitled Crisis in Brazil: Economic and Political Implications. The meeting was part of a series of activities organized by the Latin American Program that center on aspects of modern Brazil, its regional role, and its relationship with the United States. The objective of the Brazil at the Wilson Center project is to increase awareness and understanding of modern Brazil, its role in inter-American affairs and the broader international system, and to elevate its profile in the Washington policy community. Between 1996-1999, Brazil at the Wilson Center has included public meetings on the Cardoso administration, social policy and governance, prospects for political reform, the role of the media in Brazil’s democracy, and U.S.-Brazilian relations. In 1998 the project cooperated with the Inter-American Development Bank to hold an exhibition of photography by Sebastião Salgado. Reports and papers from these meetings, as well as other papers from scholars of Brazil who have visited the Wilson Center as Public Policy Scholars or Fellows, are available upon request from the Latin American Program.