Brazil: the Road Ahead

More from this Special Report

• Brazil’s utility companies put out the welcome mat for China

  Beijing is snapping up infrastructure assets and preparing bids for many more

  
• Brazil finance chief Meirelles aims to attract foreign investors

  Plans seek to open up energy sector and auction-off highway, rail and airport concessions

  
• Brazil’s renewable energy potential attracts investors

  Wind farms boast capacity that is double the global average

  
• Brazil’s Itaipú dam treaty with Paraguay up for renewal

  Questions arise on how the power station’s output is shared

  
• A fight for Brazil’s Amazon forest

  As agribusiness demands more land and better transport, the environment and communities pay a high price

  
• Monuments to environmental waste in Brazil

  Infrastructure projects have failed to stimulate investment while despoiling natural resources and hurting local communities

  
• A Brazil tale of two airport concessions

  The contrasting fortunes of the companies involved offer a sobering lesson in business models and financing

  
• New players step into Brazil vacuum created by Petrobras scandal

  ‘Car Wash’ corruption probe opens up the market for infrastructure contracts to smaller companies

  
• Brazil infrastructure is stuck on the sidelines

  Without vital upgrades, the country’s competitiveness will only suffer further