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ISBR (Impacto Social BR) is an independent Brazilian strategic intelligence firm working on investment attraction, business development and territorial competitiveness.
Based in Fortaleza, in Brazil’s Northeast, with partners in emerging markets. We help companies arrive, operate and grow in real places, and help territories attract investment that leaves more than a building behind.
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The vocabulary of investment and territory, from A to Z. Plain-language definitions, in ISBR’s own voice.
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Curtailment is when a wind or solar plant is ordered to produce less than it could, because there is not enough demand or not enough transmission to carry the power. Brazil’s Northeast accounts for about 83% of the country’s curtailment.
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Lusophone Africa is the group of African countries with Portuguese as an official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Principe. Equatorial Guinea also has Portuguese as one of its official languages.
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Investment attraction is the work of a government, agency or consultancy to make a company choose a territory to set up or expand an operation. It runs from market intelligence to follow-up after installation.
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One year after BYD’s opening, Camaçari proves that an empty plant can produce again. What remains open is what turns a factory into a hub.
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The cables have landed and the data centers are coming. The question now is what happens between the cable and the city: how infrastructure becomes opportunity for the people who live here.