Money is a primary need when you're on the road and has the potential to cause major stress. Get the upper hand with this informative report on currency, traveler's checks, money wiring, ATMs, banks, and credit cards in Brazil

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY: SOME PREVIOUS WORK -- III. OVERVIEW OF OUR METHODOLOGY -- IV. BRAZIL, 2000-05 -- V. MEXICO -- VI. TURKEY -- VII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX ECONOMETRIC METHODOLOGY AND ESTIMATES -- REFERENCES.

Autos and Progress analyzes autos as both tools for and cultural symbols of Brazil's status as a modern nation. This book details attempts to remake the nation physically and economically, through road building, the establishment of a domestic auto industry, and the founding of Brasília, as...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Supply of Bank Services: Branches and Service Points -- Regional Distribution of Financial Services -- International Comparisons of Bank Services -- Econometric Analyses of Factors Associated with Bank Service Supply -- Summary of...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Currency Equivalents -- 1. Assessing Access -- Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Access to Financial Services -- Basic Supply-Side Measures of Financial Services Offered in Brazil -- Demand-Side Measures of...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary, Résumen, Résumé Analytique -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Purpose and Background -- Long Period of Growth Followed by the "Lost Decade" -- 2 World Bank Assistance to Brazil, 1990-02 -- The First Phase (1990-94): Contraction of...

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- PART I: Policy Report -- Introduction -- 1. Why Do Inequalities Matter for Brazil? -- 2. Why is Brazil Such an Unequal Society? -- Inequality in Brazil -- The Causes of Inequality -- Public Policy...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors and Task Team -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD -- 1. Facets of Participation -- 2. Case Summaries -- 3. Organizing Participation: The Project Level -- 4. Focusing on Process:...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Abstract -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Overview -- 1. Poverty Profile in Brazil -- 2. Dynamics of the Brazilian Small Farm Sector -- 3. An Assessment of Rural Labor Markets in the 1990s -- 4. Land Markets and Rural Poverty Alleviation -- 5....

The current framework of development cooperation is dominated by the experiences of industrialized countries. But emerging economies have begun to accelerate their own development programmes, and attempts to bring them into existing aid models have been met with caution. This expert volume...