Inequality and poverty in Brazil: portrait of an unacceptable stability
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| author | Ricardo Henriques |
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| contents | Inequality and poverty in Brazil: portrait of an unacceptable stability Ricardo Henriques Rosane Mendonça Ricardo Barros Paes de Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Poverty Inequality Economic growth Income distribution Distributive justice The article aims to describe the recent evolution of the level and the nature of poverty and inequality in Brazil, establishing causal relations between those dimensions. Its central diagnosis is that Brazil is not a poor country, in terms of resources, but it is an unfair and unequal country, with high level of poverty. The inequality in income distribution and in the opportunities of economic and social inclusion represent the main determinant of higher levels of poverty that worry Brazilian society. It also aims to demonstrate economic viability to fight against poverty and justify the significance of establishing strategies that doesn?t discard economic growth, but that emphasize, mainly, the role of redistributive policies that may decrease inequality levels. 2000 artículo científico 0102-6909 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704209 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=107 Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.42 Vol.15 |
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| spellingShingle | Inequality and poverty in Brazil: portrait of an unacceptable stability Ricardo Henriques Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Poverty Inequality Economic growth Income distribution Distributive justice Inequality and poverty in Brazil: portrait of an unacceptable stability Ricardo Henriques Rosane Mendonça Ricardo Barros Paes de Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Poverty Inequality Economic growth Income distribution Distributive justice The article aims to describe the recent evolution of the level and the nature of poverty and inequality in Brazil, establishing causal relations between those dimensions. Its central diagnosis is that Brazil is not a poor country, in terms of resources, but it is an unfair and unequal country, with high level of poverty. The inequality in income distribution and in the opportunities of economic and social inclusion represent the main determinant of higher levels of poverty that worry Brazilian society. It also aims to demonstrate economic viability to fight against poverty and justify the significance of establishing strategies that doesn?t discard economic growth, but that emphasize, mainly, the role of redistributive policies that may decrease inequality levels. 2000 artículo científico 0102-6909 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704209 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=107 Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.42 Vol.15 |
| title | Inequality and poverty in Brazil: portrait of an unacceptable stability |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Poverty Inequality Economic growth Income distribution Distributive justice |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704209 |