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Over the years, Brazil revised its public debt management practices, remodeled its institutions, and created tools to oversee the costs and risks of its exposure. It also launched a strategy to reduce its vulnerability to external shocks. Readers will find a comprehensive, accessible account of the country’s public debt, with a description of techniques the Treasury devised to manage it and develop the government securities markets.

Country Progress Report - International Finance Corporation

In fact, the technical potential for offshore wind in Brazil, India, Morocco, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Vietnam is about 3.1 terawatts – well above their current installed power generation capacity and about three times the installed electricity generation capacity of all 28 EU countries – according to a new World Bank Group report, “Going Global: Expanding Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets.”

The tourism sector provides opportunities for developing countries to create productive and inclusive jobs, grow innovative firms, finance the conservation of natural and cultural assets, and increase economic empowerment, especially for women, who comprise the majority of the tourism sector’s workforce. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism was the world’s largest service sector—providing one in ten jobs worldwide, almost seven percent of all international trade and 25 percent of the ...

Biosev - Sugarcan production and processing, Brazil | 5 WOMEN WORKERS AT BIOSEV As of 2016, women represent 7% of Biosev’s permanent workforce. This figure is consistent with the Brazilian sugarcane industry overall, which is heavily male-dominated. Across the sector, women account for 10% of all workers (2014 figures from UNICA 2016).

Country: Brazil Sector: Education Finance IFC’s Investment: BRL 12 million (approximately $7.5 million) in equity COMpANY BACkGROUND Ideal Invest S.A. (Ideal) is the leading private provider of student loans in Brazil. Founded in 2001, Ideal originally offered working capital financing to private universities, backed by student tuition receivables.

In the fiscal year 2020, IFC's new long-term investments in Brazil, across all sectors, totaled $2.2 billion, including $615 million in third-party resources. About IFC IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets.

The Brazilian Private-Sector Participation (PSP) Program—a part-nership of IFC, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)—was lead advisor to the government of the State of Bahia for the structuring of the project. On August 17, 2010, the Bahia Norte consortium, winner of the bid for the concession

SMEs account for the majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development. They represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide. Formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income (GDP) in emerging economies.