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By Simon Schwartzman

From the Introduction

This paper by Dr. Simón Schwartzman, Director of the Brazilian National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), was originally presented at the conference Governance and Social Development in Brazil held at the Woodrow Wilson Center on September 24, 1997. This conference was part of a series of events organized by the Latin American Program that centered on aspects of modern Brazil and the increasing complexity of that country’s relations with the United States and the world, with the objective of raising Brazil’s profile in the Washington policy community. 

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