Income Distribution and Social Expenditure in Brazil /

This paper examines trends in income distribution in Brazil and the determinants of income inequality, including social expenditure. While recent data reveal reduced income inequality since the Real Plan of July 1994, the distribution of income is still among the most unequal in the world. Among the...

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1. autor: Clements, Benedict
Format: Czasopismo
Język:English
Wydane: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Seria:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/120
Dostęp online:Full text available on IMF
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