Inside the Third World: The Anatomy of PovertyStudies the political, social, and economic factors that lead to the poverty, malnutrition, and civil unrest found in Third World countries. |
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Page 109
... Brazil and 70 per cent in Chile and Colombia , and 88 per cent in Ecuador , Guatemala and Peru . Landless labourers make up more than half the active population in Chile , Uruguay , Costa Rica and Argentina , and between 40 and 50 per ...
... Brazil and 70 per cent in Chile and Colombia , and 88 per cent in Ecuador , Guatemala and Peru . Landless labourers make up more than half the active population in Chile , Uruguay , Costa Rica and Argentina , and between 40 and 50 per ...
Page 124
... Brazil all have extensive colonization programmes , and the vast Amazon basin has been the main target area . It was no accident that the Amazon area was never occupied by the conquistadors or by large numbers of spontaneous set- tlers ...
... Brazil all have extensive colonization programmes , and the vast Amazon basin has been the main target area . It was no accident that the Amazon area was never occupied by the conquistadors or by large numbers of spontaneous set- tlers ...
Page 430
... Brazil , whose former president , Emilio Medici , aptly remarked that the country was doing well but its inhabitants were not . Brazil's 1976 gross national product of $ 126 billions makes her the tenth biggest economic power in the ...
... Brazil , whose former president , Emilio Medici , aptly remarked that the country was doing well but its inhabitants were not . Brazil's 1976 gross national product of $ 126 billions makes her the tenth biggest economic power in the ...
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