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Brazil among the 10 countries with the highest inequality
Despite progress in social recorded early last decade, Brazil remains among the most unequal countries in the world, according to a report attests to the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP). The Gini index - measuring the degree of inequality from the income per capita - for Brazil was around 0.56 by 2006 - the closer to one, the greater the inequality. This despite the country having their considerably high human development index - from 0.71 in 1990 to 0.81 in 2007 - and have entered the group of countries with high rate in this regard.
The calculation of inequality varies with the author and the source and the database used, but in general the only Brazil is better off than Haiti and Bolivia in Latin America - the most unequal continent on the planet, according to the UNDP. Worldwide, the database shows that the UNDP Country is ranked tenth in inequality. But the data take into account only 126 of the 195 UN member countries, and in some cases, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the comparison is hampered by a gap of almost 20 years apart. In selecting countries mentioned in the report of the UNDP, the worst indicators for measuring the Gini are Bolivia, Cameroon and Madagascar (0.6) and Haiti, South Africa and Thailand (0,59). Ecuador appears tied with Brazil with an indicator of 0.56. Colombia, Jamaica, Paraguay and Honduras alternate in the same range in Brazil according to the different measurements.
The report focuses on the problem of inequality in Latin America, the most unequal continent in the world, according to the UNDP. Of the 15 countries where the gap between rich and poor is greater, ten are Hispanic. On average, the Gini index for the region is 18% higher than the Sub-Saharan Africa, 36% higher than those of East Asian countries and 65% higher than those in rich countries. The document outlines a relationship between inequality and low social mobility, characterized by entrapment social circle defined by family situation of each individual. In Brazil and Peru, for example, the level of parental income influences the income range of the children in 58% and 60%, respectively. In Chile this pre-determined level is lower, 52% - similar to England (50%). Already in the Nordic countries as well as in Canada, the influence of family status on individuals is 19%. Germany, France and the United States (32%, 41% and 47%, respectively) fall midway. The educational mobility and access to higher education were the most important elements in determining the socioeconomic mobility between generations.
In the educational field, the education levels of parents influence their children by 55% in Brazil and 53% in Argentina. In Paraguay this correlation is 37%, with Uruguay and Panama registering 41%. The influence of parental education on the educational success of children is at least two times higher in Latin America than in the U.S., where the correlation is 21%.
"Studies in countries with high income levels show that educational mobility and access to higher education were the most important elements in determining the socioeconomic mobility between generations," says the report.
For UNDP, the exit to solve the problem of inequality in Latin America includes improving people's access to basic services - including access to quality higher education.
The report says that social programs like Bolsa Familia, Bolsa Escola and similar initiatives in Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua represented "a major effort to improve the incidence of social spending" in Latin America, without this having meaning a deterioration tax public accounts.
"With respect to the distribution (income), policy-oriented poverty alleviation and protection of vulnerable promoted in practice a more progressive incidence of social spending, which in turn resulted in a better distribution of income . "
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Brazil among the 10 countries with the highest inequality
Despite progress in social recorded early last decade, Brazil remains among the most unequal countries in the world, according to a report attests to the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP). The Gini index - measuring the degree of inequality from the income per capita - for Brazil was around 0.56 by 2006 - the closer to one, the greater the inequality. This despite the country having their considerably high human development index - from 0.71 in 1990 to 0.81 in 2007 - and have entered the group of countries with high rate in this regard.
The calculation of inequality varies with the author and the source and the database used, but in general the only Brazil is better off than Haiti and Bolivia in Latin America - the most unequal continent on the planet, according to the UNDP. Worldwide, the database shows that the UNDP Country is ranked tenth in inequality. But the data take into account only 126 of the 195 UN member countries, and in some cases, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the comparison is hampered by a gap of almost 20 years apart. In selecting countries mentioned in the report of the UNDP, the worst indicators for measuring the Gini are Bolivia, Cameroon and Madagascar (0.6) and Haiti, South Africa and Thailand (0,59). Ecuador appears tied with Brazil with an indicator of 0.56. Colombia, Jamaica, Paraguay and Honduras alternate in the same range in Brazil according to the different measurements.
The report focuses on the problem of inequality in Latin America, the most unequal continent in the world, according to the UNDP. Of the 15 countries where the gap between rich and poor is greater, ten are Hispanic. On average, the Gini index for the region is 18% higher than the Sub-Saharan Africa, 36% higher than those of East Asian countries and 65% higher than those in rich countries. The document outlines a relationship between inequality and low social mobility, characterized by entrapment social circle defined by family situation of each individual. In Brazil and Peru, for example, the level of parental income influences the income range of the children in 58% and 60%, respectively. In Chile this pre-determined level is lower, 52% - similar to England (50%). Already in the Nordic countries as well as in Canada, the influence of family status on individuals is 19%. Germany, France and the United States (32%, 41% and 47%, respectively) fall midway. The educational mobility and access to higher education were the most important elements in determining the socioeconomic mobility between generations.
In the educational field, the education levels of parents influence their children by 55% in Brazil and 53% in Argentina. In Paraguay this correlation is 37%, with Uruguay and Panama registering 41%. The influence of parental education on the educational success of children is at least two times higher in Latin America than in the U.S., where the correlation is 21%.
"Studies in countries with high income levels show that educational mobility and access to higher education were the most important elements in determining the socioeconomic mobility between generations," says the report.
For UNDP, the exit to solve the problem of inequality in Latin America includes improving people's access to basic services - including access to quality higher education.
The report says that social programs like Bolsa Familia, Bolsa Escola and similar initiatives in Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua represented "a major effort to improve the incidence of social spending" in Latin America, without this having meaning a deterioration tax public accounts.
"With respect to the distribution (income), policy-oriented poverty alleviation and protection of vulnerable promoted in practice a more progressive incidence of social spending, which in turn resulted in a better distribution of income . "
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