Global Inequality Project: Comparing Brazil And Bulgaria

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For my Global Inequality Project, I believe that both Brazil and Bulgaria had their fair share of favorable and least favorable results. Though, I believe that Bulgaria had the more favorable results and that Brazil and the least favorable results. Bulgaria had a higher outcome in life expectancy compared to Brazil. In Bulgaria women also get more time off for maternity leave.
Bulgaria also, showed a lot more promise to the advancement of its country than Brazil did. Bulgaria gives more opportunities to women. The reason why is because Bulgaria has 10.5 percent more women in its national parliament seats than Brazil. Bulgaria also has the higher gross domestic product than Brazil. Bulgaria has a smaller inflation rate compared to Brazil.
Bulgaria also has a lower GINI index at 36.01 compared to Brazil who has an index of 51.48. Bulgaria’s adult literacy rate is 98.39 percent which is 5.8 percent higher than the adult literacy rate of Brazil. Bulgaria has a higher female survival rate to age 65 compared to Brazil’s
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Bulgaria also has lower threatened fish species and threatened plant species compared to Brazil. Brazil has least favorable results because you would make 19 percent less money every year compared to Bulgaria. Brazil has a 21.5 percent higher rate of death in infancy compared to Bulgaria. Brazil also has a higher number in population compared to Bulgaria and that is bad because the country is more crowded. Other reasons why Brazil is bad compared to Bulgaria is that it has a crippling bureaucracy. Brazil also has bad transportation infrastructure because they don’t have nearly enough subways or trams. Brazil also has insufficient health care, low quality and insufficient education, and it has a lack of confidence in the government and corruption. Brazil’s inequality in income is very extreme. Brazil also has a very heavy tax burden compared to

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