*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for
Latin American Studies presents*
*Unexpected Successes, Unanticipated Failures: Social Policy from
Cardoso to Lula*
Presentation by *Marcus André Melo*, Yale University and Federal
University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He is the author of Reformas
Constitucionais no Brasil Instituições Políticas e Processo Decisório,
Revan. He has recently co-authored The Political Economy of Fiscal
Reforms in Brazil, IADB, WP 117, 2009; and chapters in Mark Hallerberg
et al eds. Who decides the budget the political economy analysis of the
budget process in Latin America, DRCLAS-Harvard University Press, 2009;
and E Stein and M Tommasi eds., Policy-making in Latin America: how
policy shapes policy, DRCLAS-Harvard University Press, 2008.
Date: *Tuesday, December 8*
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Lucian Pye Conference Room, E40-496 - MIT
Contact: Karina Xavier, kxavier(a)MIT.EDU
This event is part of the Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy
of Development in Brazil which is led by Professors Aldo Musacchio
(Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow, Harvard Business School)
and Ben Ross Schneider (Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology), the new Harvard-MIT Workshop seeks to promote
an ongoing interdisciplinary academic exchange among professors,
students, and practitioners in the Cambridge-Boston area with speakers
who are experts on the political economy of development in Brazil.
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*Schools in Brazil*
Presentation by
*Jessica Acosta*, A.B. in Romance Langugages and Literatures ('10). In
the Sumer of 2009 Jessica participated in the Brazil Studies Program
Public Policy Immersion Program (PPIP). She developed an on site
research project for Fundação Lemann on the social and economic
development of public education in low income areas of São Paulo.
*Jessica Villegas*, A.B. in Social Anthropology ('11). In the Sumer of
2009 Jessica participated in the Brazil Studies Program Public Policy
Immersion Program (PPIP). She developed an on site research project for
Associação Vaga Lume, a non-profit that develops projects on education
in the Amazon.
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Screening of the documentary *Pro Dia Nascer Feliz*
Directed by João Jardim, this emotional documentary follows a group of
teenagers in Brazil from different socio-economic backgrounds as they
confront the challenges of being in school. In a series of very intimate
interviews, rich and poor 14-17 year-old students from São Paulo, Rio de
Janeiro and Pernambuco open their hearts revealing contradictory
emotions concerning prejudice, violence, anxiety, hope and love. More
than the sum of its parts, Pro Dia Nascer Feliz is an in depth analysis
of the challenges to education in Brazil. As the focal point in the
film, the school brings together students, parents, teachers as well as
representatives of the state who are trying to make a name for
themselves. But the persistence of social inequality in Brazil and
ineffective public administration paints a very grim picture of the
country's future.
Date: *Tuesday, December 8*
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: BELFER Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street - HARVARD
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
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*Privatized Subsoil Rights in Brazil*
Presentation by Professor *Gail Triner*, Associate Professor of History,
Rutgers University. Prof. Triner is author of Banking and Economic
Development: Brazil, 1889-1930 (Palgrave Press, 2000). Her research
interests include the economic history of Brazil, emphasizing finance,
property rights and the environment, as well as the comparative history
of Latin American banking.
Date: *Friday, December 11*
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Location: DRCLAS Resource Room S216 - CGIS South Building, 1730
Cambridge Street - HARVARD
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
This event is part of the Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy
of Development in Brazil which is led by Professors Aldo Musacchio
(Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow, Harvard Business School)
and Ben Ross Schneider (Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology), the new Harvard-MIT Workshop seeks to promote
an ongoing interdisciplinary academic exchange among professors,
students, and practitioners in the Cambridge-Boston area with speakers
who are experts on the political economy of development in Brazil.