With analyses by 22 professors and researchers about several topics, the 2013 edition of Brazil in Figures is being released today (Aug 15, 2013), in an event held in Salvador (BA). The book is a bilingual publication by IBGE, and brings, this year, pictures of works of art belonging to the Bahia Museum of Modern Art - MAM BA, IBGE's partner in this enterprise. The 392-page book gathers information about the national territory, demographic and social characteristics of the population, National Accounts, agricultural, industrial, commercial and services activities, finance, foreign trade, science and technology and basic government statistics. It presents data comparing Brazil and other countries and, for the first time, has a whole chapter dedicated to enviromental issues. 

The book encompasses twenty-three topics, all of them approached according to the latest IBGE statistics and, depending on the sector, on data provided by external sources, such as the Ministries of Mines and Energy, Science and Technology, Social Security, Health and Tourism, besides the Brazilian Postal and Telegraph Company, the Central Bank of Brazil and the National Civil Aviation Agency. The IBGE data come from the following surveys: National Household Sample Survey, Monthly Survey of Industry, National System of Consumer Price Indexes (INPC-IPCA), National System of Costs and Indexes of Construction, Annual Survey of Trade, Regional Accounts of Brazil and System of National Accounts. The set of data is distributed among 87 tables and graphs, with some maps and a chart. 

The Brazil in Figures (volume 21) launching ceremony will be held at Palácio da Aclamação, a historical building listed by the Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Bahia, in CAmpo Grande, downtown Salvador (Av. Sete de Setembro, 1330), at 6:30 pm. IBGE's presentation will be preceded by a panel of authors on some of the critical analyses included in the book: Professor Moacir Tinoco, Ph.D., from the Catholic University of Bahia, Professor Cláudia Sá de Andrade, Ph.D. and Professor Washington José de Souza Filho, Ph.D. both from the Federal University of Bahia.

The publication is available at http://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/d_detalhes.php?id=72

One can also purchase the book at IBGE's Virtual Shop:

http://loja.ibge.gov.br/brasil-em-numeros-brazil-in-figures-2012.html

Scholars reflect upon the publication

The critical essays which open each chapter of the book have been written by experts in each area approached. All of these authors are active professional who work for renowned institutions, universitites and research centers located in different parts of the country. Their participation in this project enrichens and helps disseminate the reflection upon the current position of Brazil with regard to several fields of knowledge. 

See below a list with the topics and respective authors present in Brazil in Figures 2013:

A Brief History of Brazil - Oswaldo Munteal Filho (UERJ-Center of Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences/FGV), Territory - Claudia Robbi Sluter (UFPR-Departament of Geomatics, Population - Ricardo Ojima (UFRN-Departament of Demography and Actuarial Sciences), Housing - Tomas Antonio Moreira (PUC-Campinas, Center of Exact and Environmental Sciences and of Technology), Health - Anthony Érico da Gama Guimarães (FIOCRUZ-Department of Human Movement Sciences), Social Security - José Antonio Savaris (TRF-PR-Federal magistrate School), Education - Cláudia Maria Mendes Gontijo (UFES-Department of Education), Labor - Claudia Sá Malbouisson de Andrade (UFBA-Departament of Economics), Political Participation - João Feres Júnior (IESP/UERJ-Institute of Social and Political Studies), Prices - José Cézar Castanhar (FGV-RJ-Departament of Economics), National Accounts - José Luís da Costa Oreiro (UNB -Departament of Economics), Agriculture - Mauro Eduardo del Grossi (UNB-Postgraduation Program on Rural Development), Industry - Mario Sérgio Salerno (USP-Polytechnic Production), Energy - Carlos Barreira Martinez (UFMG-Departament of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources), Trade - Luis Claudio Kubota (IPEA-DF -Institute of Applied Economics), Transportation - Archimedes Azevedo Raia Junior (UFSCAR- Postgraduation and Research Program in Engineering of Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute), Tourism - Rita de Cássia Ariza da Cruz (USP-Department of Geography), Communications - Washington José de Souza Filho (UFBA-Faculty of Communications), Finances - Jose Roberto Ferreira Savoia ( USP-Finances), Foreign Trade - Álvaro Barrantes Hidalgo (UFPE-Faculty of Economics, Science and Technology) - José Henrique de Lima Correa Dieguez Barreiro (MCT-Ministry of Science, Technology and Information/ Secretariat of Computing Policies), Government - Aleksandra Pereira dos Santos (MJ – Ministry of Justice/General Department of Human Resources), Environment - Moacir Santos Tinoco (PUC-BA-Center of Technology and Animal Conservation).

As a symbol of the cultural nature of this publication, the work "Cabeças (Heads)", a set of sculptures made of cast iron, created by artist Caetano Dias (Feira de Santana - BA 1959), is the picture of 24 works reproduced with the permission of MAM-BA. These works of art are signed by: Lênio Braga, Calazanas Neto, Sante Scaldaferri, José Guimarães, Renina Katz, Rubem Valentim, Vauluízo Bezerra, Paulo Pereira, Almandrade, Mestre Didi, José de Dome, Yuri Sarmento, Juarez Paraíso, Florival Oliveira, Jenner Augusto, Agnaldo dos Santos, and the aforementioned Caetano Dias. The artists come from different parts of Bahia and also from Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Sergipe. See above a reproduction of oil on canvas "The Tutor", by Sante Scladaferri (Salvador – BA, 1928).