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World Wide Web Resources

The World Bank Group: Brazil
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/offrep/lac/br2.htm

World Bank Group: World Links for Development http://www.worldbank.org/worldlinks/english/html/brazil.htm

Educational Performance of the Poor: Lessons from Rural Northeast Brazil
http://petty.econ.rochester.edu/oxford.htm

ACS: Ministry of External Relations, Office for Public Information and Affairs http://www.mre.gov.br/ndsg/texing.htm

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