RGA/5/4
Sponsored by Marah Maves, Maya Gemignani, Grey Fetherling of Franklin High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Brazil.
This legislation was filed in the Economic and Financial category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Emphasizing that Brazil has the objective of contributing to sustainable human development and |
| 2 | fighting poverty through the encouragement of new business owners, |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Recognizing that a cumbersome business environment in Brazil makes launching a business both |
| 5 | costly and time consuming.The economic freedom index recognizes Brazil as having a score of |
| 6 | 53.5 (127th in the world, 26/32 in the Americas). This coupled with unequal human capital |
| 7 | accumulation discourages entrepreneurship, |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Noting with deep concern that Brazil has a poverty rate of 24.3%, |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Acknowledging that 87.6% of Brazil’s population resides in urban areas, while 6% of the entire |
| 12 | Brazilian population, around 11.4 million people, live in favelas. Favelas being Brazilian slums |
| 13 | which are shanty towns for the people in extreme poverty notorious for their rough living |
| 14 | conditions, |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Desiring to follow United Nations’ first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is to end poverty in all |
| 17 | its forms everywhere, |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Recalling that poverty is a global issue and education and the development of skills and abilities to |
| 20 | manage a businesses and money for those in marginalized groups not afforded these benefits are |
| 21 | a critical step towards eradicating poverty, |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Observing that about 9.2% or 719 million people in the world live on less than 2.15 USD a day, |
| 24 | |
| 25 | The General Assembly Hereby: |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Urge the United Nations to provide business centers where the people of Brazil can learn to start a |
| 28 | business. Such programs give entrepreneurs access to resources to start and build new ventures. |
| 29 | The incubators will include mentorship, access to microloans, shared resources, technology, and |
| 30 | distribution to world markets; |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Encourage the people of Brazil to start businesses by the implementation of microloans to get |
| 33 | them and their families financial stability which, in total, would cause the reduction of poverty as a |
| 34 | country; |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Seek to build 3 centers per 2 million people for the top ten cities with the largest populations of |
| 37 | Brazil (Sao Paulo [15], Rio de Janeiro [9], Brasilia [3], Fortaleza [3], Salvador [3], Belo Horizonte |
| 38 | [3], Manaus [3], Curitiba [3], Recife [3], and Goiania [3]) |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Request for 60,000 USD for the construction of each business centers spread across the cities of |
| 41 | Brazil to educate citizens on how to run a business resulting in 3,000,000 USD and 45 centers; |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Recognize that the employees of the business centers will require wages and requests 1,000,000 |
| 44 | per center each year. There will be janitors, at least 3 business mentors, a manager, and other |
| 45 | teachers. The janitors will earn whatever wage is determined by the manager. The business |
| 46 | mentors will be paid 120k a year. The manager will earn 140k per year. The teachers earn 70k; |
| 47 | |
| 48 | Declare to teach start-up business skills such as accounting, marketing, product design, and |
| 49 | operations at a similar level as taught in Brazilian business schools. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Proclaim to create thousands of jobs for the employment of the impoverished as a result of the |
| 52 | increased business ventures; |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Further request 5,000,000 USD for micro loans equaling an average of 15,000 USD per business to |
| 55 | help start and sustain the business. There will be a 3% interest charged per year and a deadline of |
| 56 | 8 years. Every year, at least …› of the total loan plus interest will be due, although this may vary |
| 57 | depending on situation; |
| 58 | |
| 59 | Taking into account that after the first few years, the money will replenish and fund more loans; |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Endorses this solution for countries to reduce poverty by helping new small business ventures, |
| 62 | create new jobs, and encourage innovation. It will encourage trade with neighboring countries, |
| 63 | delivering a positive economic impact beyond Brazil’s borders. Finally, as a pilot program, it will |
| 64 | provide a model that may be emulated in other countries worldwide. |
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| 66 |