Brazil: Three questions to the Minister of Finances, Guido Mantega (made by Época maganize)
Three questions to
the Minister of Finances, Guido Mantega (made by Época maganize)
What is your evaluation of the government’s first year?
We made it through the international economic crisis with relative ease and we met out economic and social targets. We implemented a new model of development, with focus on job generation. Even with a smaller economic growth than in 2010, we created more than 2 million formal jobs. In a moment where the world is full of unemployment, with more than 100 million unemployed people, this is a great accomplishment. Of course, the crisis is not over and is slowing us down.
Don’t you think that the number of ministries and trusted positions is outrageous?
There are ministries who attend to important social issues; for example the Ministry of Racial Equality who focus mainly on reducing prejudice and inequality and the Special Secretariat for Women Policies, which deals with the feminine condition. Both are small ministries.
Do you fell that President Dilma wants to reduce the number of ministries?
President Dilma will maintain the number of ministries.
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