Brazilian Highways and Railways

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This paper discusses the overall economy of Brazil vis-a-vis its infrastructure. In terms of infrastructure, the discussion is largely limited to highway and railway transportation systems and how Brazil's are less than adequate. Further discussion revolves around the impact that infrastructure has on an economy and the effects that a lack of infrastructure can have on a developing economy such as Brazil's.

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"Brazil, otherwise known as the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the fifth largest country in the world in terms of land mass and population and the largest such in Latin America. Brazil derives its name from its native brazilwood tree which was held in much esteem by early colonial powers (Levine, 1999). Currently Brazil's economy revolves around extensive agricultural development, a growing industrial base and preservation of its remaining rain forests. Brazil is South America's leading economy and has a huge labor pool that has allowed it to compete internationally as a manufacturing base as its infrastructural development improves. Its official language is Portuguese owing the fact that it was those intrepid explorers who first colonized Brazil in 1500AD (Levine, 1999). Brazil formerly claimed independence from Portugal in 1822 but remained economically and socially integrated with the European continent throughout the succeeding two centuries."

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