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Business Matters: Brazil's Economic Slump

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Brazil's Economic Slump

04/03/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Brazil's Economic Slump

Brazil sees an almost 4% contraction in its economy.

Brazil sees an almost 4% contraction in its economy, beset by political scandal and the Zika virus.

The carnival is over. Brazil, beset by political scandal and the Zika virus, now finds its economy has shrunk by almost 4%. So where does it go from here?

We report on children forced to work in Ghana's fishing industry, in conditions described as being similar to slavery.

Years after hundreds of thousands died in the Indian Ocean tsunami, Indonesia admits its warning system has stopped working.

And finally, we look at if there's space on the internet for Medium - a website that is being billed as the antidote to short, pithy microblogging mentalities on the web.

All this with our guests Tony Nash, chief economist at Complete Intelligence in Singapore and August Turak, entrepreneur, corporate executive and author in North Carolina.

(Image: A woman on a phone in front of Brazil flag. Credit: Getty Images)

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