Flavia Buarque de Almeida

Brazil: The Country of the Future?

Cate Ambrose, Flavia Buarque de Almeida, Renato Lulia-Jacob, Mario Mesquita, Piero Minardi, Tom Tull

Amidst a severe economic crisis triggered by the collapse of commodity prices and the Lava Jato corruption scandal, Brazil is preparing for the imminent impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and a potential transition to Michel Temer's reformist administration. While short-term volatility persists due to fiscal emergencies and a liquidity crunch, global institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds are actively deploying capital into distressed debt and high-growth sectors like healthcare and agribusiness. The incoming government faces an urgent mandate to implement structural fiscal and political reforms within months to restore investor confidence and unlock a projected three-to-four-year recovery.