Brazil under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated how basic reforms can be implemented in the context of turmoil caused by a major domestic political transition, fleeing investors, and an inhospitable global context. In 2004-2008, Brazil, which had been perennially known as the country of the future – as in “always has been and always will be” – recorded 5.5% annual average GDP growth.
总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦（Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva）领导下的巴西展示了基本改革如何在由重大国内政治转型、投资者撤离以及不友好的全球环境所引起的骚乱下实施的。2004年至2008年期间，曾长期以未来之国著称的巴西——“一直都是也永远都会是”——其GDP年增长率为5.5%。它减少了生活在贫困水平的居民比例——从40%减少到25%以下。并在收入不平等方面降低了整整5个点的基尼系数（以100分计算）。