Holdings: Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil

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Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil

This study addresses three questions : why do inequalities matter for Brazil's development? Why does Brazil occupy a position of very high inequality in the international community? And, What should public policy do about it? Excessive income...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AVERAGE INCOME CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS COMPETITIVENESS CREDIT PROGRAMS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMISTS ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT ENTITLEMENTS EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEADCOUNT INDEX HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL IMPLICIT SUBSIDIES INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY REDUCTION INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR INCOME LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LORENZ CURVE LSMS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OLD AGE PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAM DESIGNS PROGRAMS PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER REDUCING POVERTY REGRESSIVE TRANSFERS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REFORMS TAX REVENUE TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TIME SERIES TRADEOFFS URBAN CENTERS VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5160402/inequality-economic-development-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14913

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5160402/inequality-economic-development-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14913