Case study: Brazil, An EDC. Corridors of migrant flows create interdependence between countries. Flashcards
Describe Brazil
Brazil is the seventh biggest economy in the world and the leading economic power in Latin America. It is an emerging country and experience a rise in GDP between 2007 and 2014 $4874-$5823 (19%)
- moving rapidly through the economic transition model, with declining crude birth rate and ageing population.
Describe brazil’s sectoral employment contribution
- 69% services
-25% industry - 6% Agriculture
What was the net loss for migration in each 4 year period from 2000-4 and 2005-9?
Half a million, slowing between 2010 and 2014 to around 190,000
Where have there been increased migration for Brazil?
Between neighbouring countries and MERCOSUR member, especially Chile and Andean states.
what is MERCOSUR?
A South American trade bloc. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.
What has happened to the flow of low skilled workers to USA
Slowed down
To where has there been an increased emigration of highly skilled workers?
Japan, Europe and USA
What event in 2016 caused an increase in international labour migratnts?
The Rio Olympics
Describe internal migration in Brazil
Strong and continuing internal migration between the North east to cities in the south east
To what sector were workers from Germany, Portugal, Japan and Italy attracted in the 19th century.
The agricultural sector, especially coffee cultivation.
From where nearby has economic migration been high?
Argentina and Paraguay
From where have Brazil received political migrants?
Bolivia, Angola and Lebanon.
How has migration in Brazil changed in the last 20 or so years?
Migration has slowed.
Why has emigration out of Brazil increased in the last 20 or so years.
Economic migration to places like the USA has increased. Many Brazilians of Japanese descent from the influx in the 19th century have moved there because of strong cultural links and employment opportunities.
Economic interdependences with Brazil?
- Brazil and Portugal have a long standing economic, political and soil relationship.
- Brazil was a former colony of Portugal and migrants still receive special status.
- Portugal also acts as a gateway to the eu for comic migrants from Brazil.
- Migrant remittances are also very important to many families.
- the many thousand of low skilled economic migrants to USA from Brazil are able to remit significant money back to families.
- Returning migrants contribute to development having learned new skills
-Highly skilled Brazilians can find work in the service sector in Brazil.
-Trade and finance agreements - For Haiti, Brazil enables migration by allowing easy access to visas, thus allowing them to seascape poverty and Unemployment.
