Economics

Five Lesser Known Obstacles to Brazil Growth and How to Fix Them

Government targets micro measures to tap Brazil’s potential
Tax burden, bureaucracy remain obstacles to entrepreneurialism

Sao Paulo’s monorail project remains unfinished, and the state canceled the contract for the works earlier this year.Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg

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By David Biller and Mario Sergio Lima

August 26, 2019 at 8:00 AM UTC

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Beyond an unsustainable pension system Brazil is working to fix, there’s a vast web of smaller bureaucratic hindrances holding back Latin America’s largest economy.