Brazil, a country of inequalities

Brazil has the highest concentration of income in the world. Almost 30% of Brazil's income is in the hands of just 1% of the country's inhabitants, the highest concentration of its kind in the world. International experience shows that there needs to be massive and consistent investment in a child's education from the first five or six years of life. What we are currently seeing is a dismantling of the welfare state, with social programmes being reduced or abolished, especially in the areas of education and science and technology. A freeze on public investment for 20 years, privatisations and the dismantling of public banks, unrestricted outsourcing, labour reform and pension reform. It is up to society as a whole to create the means for social development and establish a set of rules that can minimise social inequality.

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Postdoktorat in Menschen-, Sozial- und diffusen Rechten an der Universidad de Salamanca, Spanien, Doktorat in internationalem Recht an der Universidad Autónoma de Asunción, mit dem von der Universidade de Marília (SP) anerkannten Doktortitel, Master in Erziehungswissenschaften an der Universidad Autónoma de Asunción. Beraterin in einer Beratungsstelle des TCE/PI.