If Russia’s power resources seem to be declining, Brazil’s appear to be more impressive, given it has a territory nearly three times the size of India’s, a 90% literacy rate, and triple the per capita income of India (and nearly twice that of China). But, in the three years since my earlier assessment, Brazil’s performance has slipped: annual economic growth has slowed from 7.5% in 2010 to 1% last year, with a 3.5% rate expected in 2013.
如果说俄罗斯实力源泉在告竭，那么巴西可谓令人印象深刻，其国土几为印度的三倍，识字率高达90%，人均收入也是印度的三倍（和中国的近两倍）。但是，在我的早先评估做出三年后，巴西的表现有所滑坡：经济增长从2010年的7.5%降至去年的1%，2013年预计也只有3.5%。