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GAULARD, Mylène. The balance of the question on inequalities in Brazil. Prob. Des [online]. 2011, vol.42, n.166, pp.111-134. ISSN 0301-7036.

After having been branded for a long time as one of the most unequal countries in the world, Brazil has experienced a reduction in its income inequalities since the second half of the 1990s. This has been a result of the "relative de-industrialization" process which this country entered at the end of the 1980s and not a consequence of the economic policies of the Lula Administration. Contrary to what may be supposed, the appearance of a new middle class also does not necessarily constitute an opportunity for economic growth in Brazil.

Palavras-chave : inequalities; incomes; social policies; de-industrialization; Brazil.