Brazil is a country of the very rich and the very poor. If you go to any major city, youill see massive gaps between rich and poor. It's a problem that successive governments have tried to address. In 20 14, brazil was hit by its worst ever recession. G p per person dropped by ten % and unemployment doubled.
Hong Kong’s GDP report released today reflects the squeeze that enormous protests at home and economic headwinds on the mainland have put on the territory—and that was before the coronavirus outbreak. Inequality in Brazil is bad and getting worse; we ask why the government is chipping away at a much-praised social safety-net. And a look at the self-help craze gripping Ethiopia. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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