Rio 2016 Olympics: Another Reason to Watch Brazil's Rise - Rio+20

If public-private partnerships are essential to successfully carrying out the Olympics and using it to catalyze positive change for the host city, then Rio could have an important advantage for hosting the games in 2016.

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