What is the ultimate aim of the stimulus package? [br] [originaltext] (29)B

(29)Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has launched a $ 133bn stimulus package to spur investment in the country’s infrastructure and shore up investor confidence in the world’s second-largest emerging market economy. In the first of what are expected to be a series of announcements in the coming weeks, Ms. Rousseff said the government would sell concessions in 9 highways and 12 railways before moving onto other areas of infrastructure.(30)Brazil’s economy expanded 7. 5 percent in 2010, the fastest pace in more than two decades, but last year slowed to 2.7 percent and this year is expected to grow 2 percent or less. Among the initiatives, the government will sell rights for private companies to operate 7,500 km of roads and 10,000 km of railways. The measures would double the capacity of the country’s main highways, transport minister Paulo Passos said at the event.