Study prepared by the Center for Social Policies is on the international spotlight

The chief economist of FGV's Center for Social Policies, Marcelo Neri, attended a report by the Chinese TV network CCTV, highlighting the importance of the new middle class. The most recent CPS' research on the Class C, Back to the Country of the Future: Forecasts, European Crisis and the Brazilian New Middle Class, was launched last month and is available in English at www.fgv.br/cps/ncm2014/eng. On this link you can also find reports on the topic, as well as subtitled videos that summarize the main aspects of the study. To watch the CCTV's report, go to http://www.fgv.br/cps/bd/clippings/CCTV_20120327.wmv  The research reveals that between 2003 and 2011, approximately 40 million people (equivalent to Argentina's population) are now part of the middle class in Brazil. The Center's studies also estimate that another 32 million will join the highest social classes in the next six years. Marcelo Neri believes that the phenomenon of Brazilians reaching elite positions will soon be on the spotlight, as it currently happens with the new middle class. The subject has caught much more attention of the international media. Last year, the CPS itself was on the spotlight by other international TV networks, such as CNN, CNBC, BBC Mundo and France 5 TV channel, as well as newspapers and magazines like The New York Times, The Economist, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Financial Times, Businessweek and The Christian Science Monitor. The Chinese TV network also referred to the CPS in a report made in 2011. (Watch and read these and other reports and articles at www.fgv.br/cps/comunica)