ABSTRACT
In Brazil, over the last 15 years, more than 40 million people have been lifted out of poverty. The Municipal Human Development Index in Brazil grew by 47.5% between 1991 and 2010. Brazil is a leading emerging economy and a source of valuable natural resources. Unemployment is at a historic low (4.3% in 2013), and the country has been named the most socially advanced BRIC country in a major new index launched in 2013, the Social Progress Index.
