24-07-2008, 01:58 PM
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Several countries, like Peru and Kenya, have experienced economic growth above 6% in the past few years but remain mired in poverty, joblessness and trapped within perverse inequality. Thus collective action by social movements and civil society must exert pressure on their democratically elected officials to enact measures that encourage job creation, promote a decent livable wage, affordable housing, public education and even a substantial land reform that offers credit and technical assistance to millions of landless peasants.
Only by pursuing economic justice can Brazilian society be more inclusive, reduce poverty and tackle the perverse inequality that scars the basic fabric of society. Real positive change of any economic or social policy must come from the bottom-up not from the top-down.
Year GDP growth (old methodology) GDP growth (new methodology)
1996 2.7 2.2
1997 3.3 3.4
1998 0.1 0
1999 0.8 0.3
2000 4.4 4.3
2001 1.3 1.3
2002 1.9 2.7
2003 0.5 1.1
2004 4.9 5.7
2005 2.3 2.9
2006* 2.9 3.7
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A Booming Brazil? Just Another Myth Created by the Press
Last edited by totallyproperty; 24-07-2008 at 02:04 PM.
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