There was room for improvement: a few years ago a World Bank study found that bankruptcy proceedings in Brazil took an average of ten years and left creditors with just two cents in every dollar owed.

• 还有需要改进的空间:几年前，世界银行的一项研究发现破产程序在巴西平均要花十年工夫，而债权人仅能从每一美元的欠债拿回两美分。