PHA-Exch> Re: Brazilian inequality -

[Claudio Schuftan]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Ted Schrecker <tschrecker at sympatico.ca>wrote:

>  Dear Colleagues,
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> The Economist (
> http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12208726)
> recently published an article indicating a substantial reduction in economic
> inequality in Brazil, as measured by the Gini coefficient, over the
> 2002-2008 period.  However, the source of the figures was identified only by
> acronym, as you will see from the article.  I would welcome clarification of
> the reliability of these figures and the sources, and also comments about
> what these national aggregate figures may hide in terms of regional
> disparities.
>
>  E-mail: tschreck at uottawa.ca, tschrecker at sympatico.ca,
> tschrecker at gmail.com
>
> See my recent article on global health ethics at
> http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/8/08-050880.pdf
>
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