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 There was a decline of 7% in income disparity among employed persons in Brazil from the fourth quarter of 2002 until the first quarter of 2008. The conclusion was taken from a survey by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea) conducted in the metropolitan regions of Salvador, Recife, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Porto Alegre.
According to the president of Ipea, Marcio Pochmann, the reason for the reduced inequality must be linked to the recovery of the minimum wage's purchasing power in recent years. Pochmann also ascribes the reduction to investment by the productive sector over the last few years, which enabled the hiring of lower income workers.
The survey points to a reduction in the Gini index, used internationally for measuring social inequality. The index ranges from zero to one. The higher the index, the greater the inequality. The index fell from 0.540 in 2002 to 0.509 in 2007.
"By the end of president Lula's (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) term, the Gini index should reach 0.49," says Pochmann.
The Gini index has improved because the income recovery of the poorest, in Brazil, was nearly five times as high as that of the richest. In other words, the largest wage raises during the period in the country were granted to the most impoverished workers.
Ipea's president ascribed to the real minimum wage readjustment policy and to income transfer policies, such as the federal government's Bolsa Família (Family Voucher) program, the fact that the most impoverished obtained greater gains in income than the remaining workers.
On the other hand, the contribution of workers to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) remains practically stable.
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2) The report refers only to the 6 metroplitan cities......but representing only 25 % of the population and 37 % of the GDP...as per IPEA stated report. On purpose....of course ! Outside these cities the disparity is WORSE not better.
Hmmmmmm....I suppose I am the idiot in your view, not knowing what I am talking about !
May be not so !
Contrary to the ones who want to hide as usual, I have some details about the IPEA report !
Facts :
- the 10 % of citizens with the highest salaries earn 23,5 times more than the poorest 10 %
- that ranks Brazil one of the ten WORST.....ON EARTH !!!!
And guess what : Bin Lula and his 4000 thieves are proud of the reduction in social inequality...by being ranked in the World Bottom 10 !!!!
For you to swallow the hard reality :
" 23.06.2008
Le Brésil reste l'un des pays les plus inégalitaires malgré Lula.
Le Brésil est toujours l'un des pays les plus inégalitaires au monde, selon des données officielles. Et ce malgré l'ancien syndicaliste Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, qui gouverne le pays depuis 2003.
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Une étude de l'Institut de recherches économiques (IPEA) indique que les 10% de Brésiliens aux salaires les plus élevés gagnaient 23,5 fois plus que les 10% des plus pauvres. Cela fait du Brésil un des dix pays au monde où les inégalités sont les plus fortes.
Sous le gouvernement Lula, les inégalités entre riches et pauvres ont toutefois baissé de 7% dans les six principales zones urbaines du pays (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Recife et Salvador), qui représentent 37% du Produit intérieur brut (PIB) et 25% de la population brésilienne.
Le président de l'IPEA, Marcio Pochman, a attribué cette amélioration à la hausse du salaire minimum et aux programmes sociaux conduits par le gouvernement brésilien, ainsi qu'à la période actuelle de croissance économique."