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Audio and Video: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz Visits Brazil

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz

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December 20, 2005
Visit to the world's biggest sugar and ethanol mill, Sao Martinho, Sao Paulo1m29s

Meeting with AIDS patient Elias Moreira da Silva in Guarulhos favela, Sao Paolo4m20s

December 19, 2005
Visit to Varjão Village in Brasilia where a number of families are beneficiaries of Bolsa Familia2m33s

Impressions after visiting families who've benefited from Bolsa Familia, the social program to aid Brazil's poor41s

December 18, 2005
National Forest of Tapajós, Amazon Rainforest1m19s

Interview with Paul Wolfowitz in the Amazon Rainforest5m30s

Interview highlights2m32s

December 17, 2005
Solar Powered Digital Inclusion Community Center of "Flona do Tapajos", (Amazon Basin)49s

Presentation of a group of technicians from IBAMA about the production activities in the National Forest of Tapajós 46s

Latex production in the Maguari community of the Tapajos National Forest in the Amazon basin 2m30s

December 16, 2005
Statement on arrival in Belem 2m54s

Visit to the Adult Literacy program in Russas, Ceara state2m30s

Visit to the Bank of the North East in Fortaleza. Talking with youth leaders and young entrepreneurs2m5s

Interview with Maria Jose Ramao, beneficiary of poverty reduction land titling project
We are a new settlement. We just received the land a few days ago and hope to be able to work the land, raise goats, and some crops. We want our children to have a better life so that they stay in the land, since there's not much for them in the cities.
Where did you live before?
We used to live in a settlement with our parents. We were "agregates", two families living in a house.

1m32s

December 15, 2005
Wolfowitz visits Sao Paulo3m3s

December 13, 2005
Reasons for visiting Brazil25s

The importance of tackling poverty in the region24s

Brazil's progress in reducing inequality35s

The Bank's commitment to Brazil and the region28s




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