Exploitation of Brazilians

A large majority of the problems that Brazil is currently facing are due to the World Bank.  A recent report from the World Bank stated that “rapid growth of cities challenged nations in the region to build basic infrastructure rapidly to keep up with the needs for water, sanitation, and solid waste for several hundred million urban residents.”  This idea was pushed by the World Bank, and although this seems like a needed necessity for growth in Brazil, it instead led to problems for the country.  In order to develop and provide for Brazilians, many projects were taken on by the government and international companies.  Structures were built where farm land used to be and water and sewer was no longer free.  These projects were not quality based and instead exploited the Brazilian work force and those in need. 

The Brazilian government more recently realized that urbanization was causing many new issues to emerge “and with help from the Bank began to look for more encompassing approaches to resolve growing problems of urban water management.”  Problems have arose with the new implementations since less Brazilian neighborhoods are willing to cooperate with big industry since they have already been exploited by them in the work force and have lost so many resources that they used to thrive and survive off of, including water.  Also, “the Bank sometimes jumped around inconsistently on matters of priority in policy.”  This brings about a lot of questions, including, is helping Brazil truly the priority of the World Bank or are they being influenced by strong, influential, and developed nations?  In its report, the World Bank agrees that Brazil is still “in search of policy and practical solutions to complex coordination and governance issues that involve competing agencies and blurry institutional rules.”  Although the World Bank has tried to help and continues to believe it is help Brazil and its people, it has instead caused a need for solutions to even more complex problems that a country attempting to develop cannot handle.  The question is, will the World Bank ever step up and admit the problems it has caused in Brazil and stop exploiting the resources, including people and the environment, that are available?

**A link to the report quoted above can be found in the blogroll on the left titled “Document of The World Bank”

The purpose of this blog is to examine the exploitation of Brazilians by both their government and international companies and also to discuss what other problems this exploitation has caused.  As a third world country, Brazil is being forced to industrialize in order to repay its World Bank loan and to keep up with the demand of first world countries.  In order to do so, the government allows international companies to enter Brazil and industrialize their land and use part of the population for cheap labor.  Brazilians are being exploited.  They are working for minimal wages and are being subjected to problems that are occurring in Brazil due to rapid growth and change.  Problems include deforestation, pollution, and a loss of biodiversity in species.  The Brazilian government is promoting urbanization and allowing international companies to exploit Brazilians and wreak havoc on the environment.