Blog do Rodrigo Medeiros

Dani Rodrik

CAMBRIDGE – In the early days of the global financial crisis, there was some optimism that developing countries would avoid the downturn that advanced industrial countries experienced. After all, this time it was not they that had engaged in financial excess, and their economic fundamentals looked strong. But these hopes were dashed as international lending dried up and trade collapsed, sending developing countries down the same spiral that industrial nations took.

But international trade and finance have both revived, and now we hear an even more ambitious version of the scenario. Developing countries, it is said, are headed for strong growth, regardless of the doom and gloom that has returned to Europe and the United States. More strikingly, many now expect the developing world to become the growth engine of the global economy. Otaviano Canuto, a World Bank vice president, and his collaborators have just produced a long report that makes the case for this optimistic prognosis.

Project Syndicate

Sergio Leo

Valor Econômico – 16/11/2010:

O país vive um preocupante processo de “desindustrialização negativa” que pode ameaçar as contas externas, alerta documento reservado do Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior (MDIC) obtido pelo Valor.

O documento, que circula na equipe econômica, diz ser um “fator de preocupação e sinal de alerta” a influência da balança comercial no aumento do saldo negativo nas contas externas, que torna o Brasil cada vez mais dependente de investimentos especulativos.