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This article discusses Brazil's multilateral policy under Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration, highlighting economic, political and environmental themes. The main argument is that Brazil's multilateral relations during this government reached a new significance with the reinforcement of international coalitions and the articulation with the country's new development model. The country has been using multilateral forums as a way to achieve international projection and support for its development project, highlighting bargaining aspects, variable geometry coalitions and the strengthening of South-South cooperation. Adapted from the source document.

This paper forwards some hypotheses on wage determination with regard to a survey with 210 questionnaires applied to workers in Recife to test them empirically. The major conclusions are: Human capital is an important factor determining real wages, and the domestic environment is crucial for its accumulation. Workers bargaining power, as measured by the union model, as well as size and ownership of the company, are also relevant factors. Unions affiliation to Central Unica dos Trabalhadores raises wages. Age is a relevant variable, but only in the set which includes state owned enterprises. The number of dependents is relevant, too, and wages for women are lower than that for men. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)