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Weekly Report - 17 July 2014 (WR-14-28)
BRAZIL: Costs and benefits of the World Cup
The economic and political impact of the five weeks of football just finished in Brazil is likely to keep newspaper columnists occupied for years to come. Quantifying the consequences of the ‘feel-good’ factor derived from the largely successful delivery of the tournament versus Brazil’s semi-final humiliation is more art than science. Nevertheless the first pieces of hard data on visitor numbers and spending appear to be positive for Brazil, even if the Fifa World’s Cup overall impact on the country’s economy is negligible.
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