brazil

Question 1

basic info

Answer 1

~location - south america and in Latin america
~worlds 5th largest country
~population 216.4 million
~hdi 0.77 87th in the world
~gdp $7507
~life expectancy 74.01
~capital brazilia
~edc
~2025 4.4 brazilians living abroad

Question 2

imigration

Answer 2

~increased migration to brazil from carribian/ hati after earthquake ( 2010 )
~increased economic labour migrants came for work at rio 2016 + fifa-brazil
~net migration loss of 1 mill 2000-2009
~slowed to 190K in 2010-2014
~increased migration from africa via transit countries like equador and chillie
~immigration
*venezula - 80,000
*portugal - 160,000
*paraguay - 50,000

Question 3

emigration

Answer 3

~increased emigration of skilled workers to usa, europe + japan - brian drain
~increased migration between brazil + neighbouring countries i.e chillie
~decreased number of low-skilled workers migrating to usa
~emigration
*portugal- 140,000
*japan - 50,000
*paraguay - 40,000

Question 4

demographic features

Answer 4

~ageing population
~more female equality + more working women
~more deaths than births
~relatively young - but starting to decrease , becoming more developed.

Question 5

economic development

Answer 5

~ waves in immigration caused growth in agriculture + manufacturing services
~recent arrivals of highly skilled workers with contracts have contributed to entrepreneurship,innovation and reducing gaps in the labor market
~emigration to usa, japan + European countries has resulted in migrant remittances (highest amount 2022 - $454 mill average- $206 mill )

Question 6

political stability

Answer 6

~ member to mercusar -free flow of trade leading to capital + labour migration
~stable dempographic political system
~stable political relationship with those it has bilateral flow with ( japan + portugal

Question 7

trade

Answer 7

us goods imported from Brazil totalled 42.3 bill