FDI in Brazil: recent trends and the role of Canadian investment

The paper analyze the principal characteristics of the recent flow of FDI into Brazil, and to highlight the role that Canadian investment has carried out within this process. The first section utline the principle general tendencies of the internationalization of the Brazilian economy through received FDI, while the second section will highlight the relative importance and the sectors in which the majority of Canadian investment has been taking place. The paper conclude by briefly outlining future perspectives of Brazilian economic growth, and possible direct investment contributions in general and Canadian investment in particular.