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Ringgold's skilled researchers build the Identify database.
Here we highlight an area of our international expertise.

Spotlight On... Brazil

The world's seventh wealthiest economy, Brazil is the largest country in area and population in Latin America and the Caribbean. The nation has become an important voice in the international development debate thanks to its success in combining economic growth with better opportunities for all. From 2003 to 2009, more than 22 million Brazilians emerged from poverty, although the nation experiences extreme regional differences. Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016, and will be the next guest nation at Frankfurt Book Fair 2013
  • Journal citations per document for Brazil: 7.37 (1996-2011, SCImago)
  • The population was estimated at 196.7 million (World Bank, 2011)
  • GDP figure for the country is $2,476,652,189,879 (World Bank 2011)
  • Growth Acceleration Pan was launched in 2007 to increase investment for faster and more robust economic growth. This contributed to the country’s 7.5% growth in 2010 and its crisis resilience in 2009, when it had one of the smallest downturns among developed and emerging economies.
  • Poverty (PPP US$2 per day) has fallen markedly, from 21% of the population in 2003 to 11% in 2009.
  • Literacy rate of adults in Brazil is 90% (World Bank 2009).

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Meet our researcher

Marco Sanchotene, a Social Communication and Journalism graduate, says:
"Customer files with Brazilian institutions have some very straight forward records, while others are difficult to find. A common challenge is to identify which organisation some records refer to, as many Brazilian institutions have a legal name for the registered office - for legal purposes - and a different legal name for the institution. Sometimes the legal name is the owner of several different other institutions, but often it is not and it has the same address of the controlled institution.
Some databases publicly available are helpful for the research. If the record is for a higher education institution, for example, I can look at a Ministry of Education website, which lists all tertiary education institutions in the country, with their main address and legal name. When creating records for hospitals, I can look up at a Ministry of Health website, which has information on all Brazilian health institutions, including number of beds and doctors. Furthermore, government departments, on the federal and state levels, usually have their own websites, while corporate and non-governmental institutions are not always present on the internet."

We find that data from these websites provide a good starting point for some of our research on institutions in Brazil:
Ringgold's data for Brazil

Identify contains 2,798 records for Brazil, that's 0.79% of the database (Feb 2013). This includes data for 524 universities and colleges, and 276 hospitals. Two important consortia in the country are:
- CAPES, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- FAPESP, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa
Comprehensive details on both consortia can be found in our Consortium Directory Online.


Ringgold Inc, Spring 2013.


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