Brazil ranks 63rd out of 64 countries in the IMD’s World Talent Retaining Ranking. Switzerland tops the list, as usual. Notably, only Mongolia performs worse than Brazil. One key difference is public education spending. Switzerland spends $26,000 on each student annually. In contrast, Brazil invests only $1,900. Nevertheless, Brazil allocates 5.9% of its GDP to […]
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