Brazil

Selected EarthTrends Data:

Variable	Value
Gini Index{1}	58
Population living on less than $1/day{2}	8%
Population living on less than $2/day{3}	21%
Poverty Gap $1/day{4}	3%
Poverty Gap $2/day{5}	9%
Access to improved sanitation	75%
Access to an improved water source	90%
Literacy rate, all adults	89%
Life expectancy, both sexes	72 years

Definitions and Sources

{1} Survey year: 2003. Based on income. {2} Survey year: 2003. Based on income. {3} Survey year: 2003. Based on income. {4} Survey year: 2003. Based on income. {5} Survey year: 2003. Based on income.

Poverty resources:

• Attacking Brazils Poverty (Document)
• Brazil - 2002 Human Development Report (Document)
• Brazil - Rural Poverty Alleviation - State of Rio Grande do Norte - Project (Document)
• Brazil: Inequality and Economic Development (Document)
• IDB Brazil Country Office (Project)
• Operationalising Pro-poor Growth: A Country Case Study on Brazil (Document)
• USAID Brazil Office (Project)
• World Bank Brazil Program (Project)

Poverty datasets:

• Brazil: Percent of Children Underweight - 1996
• Poverty in Brazil -1996

Citations from the World Resources Report:

• Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn in Brazil: Summary Report and Synthesis of Phase II
• Participatory Budgeting in Brazil
• Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Decentralization and Policy Innovation
• Participatory Democracy and Sustainable Development: Integrated Urban Environmental Management in Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Payments for Environmental Services: Brazil

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World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)

• http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/24

Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)

• http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/?country_iso=BR