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2008 report
Public budget: financial expenditures devour rights
Evilásio Salvador Iara Pietricovsky
Social Watch Brazil

To pay off debt, the Government has cut funding for policies that ensure rights. In the last four years, debt interest and amortization payments have been double the total expenditures for social work, health, jobs, education and culture, citizen rights, housing, sanitation, environmental management, agricultural organization, sports and entertainment. Whether through direct levies or indirect taxes added to the price of goods, the beneficiaries of social expenditures are paying the cost themselves

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Progress and setbacks by key indicators see references
Slight progress  Undernourishment Slight progress  Population with access to sanitation
Stagnant  Under-5 children malnutrition Slight progress  Population with access to improved water sources
Slight progress  Literacy Stagnant  Malaria
Slight progress  Primary school enrolment rate Slight progress  Tuberculosis
Significant progress  Secondary school enrolment rate Stagnant  People living with HIV/AIDS
Slight progress  Tertiary school enrolment rate Significant progress  Infant mortality
Slight progress  Internet users Significant progress  Under-5 mortality
Slight progress  Personal computers Stagnant  Births attended by skilled health personnel
Significant progress  Telephone mainlines Significant progress  Contraceptive use among currently in-union women aged 15-49
Slight progress  Information and communication technology expenditure Stagnant  Literacy ratio gap
Stagnant  Research and development expenditure Stagnant  Net secondary enrolment ratio gap
Significant progress  Public health expenditure Stagnant  gross tertiary enrolment ratio gap
Slight regression  Public education expenditure Significant progress  Activity rate gap
Slight regression  Total debt service Stagnant  Women in decision-making positions in government at ministerial level
Stagnant  Military expenditure Slight progress  Seats in parliament held by women

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Signatures and ratifications by Brazil
Human Rights International Treaties Total 9 ; signed 8 ; ratified 8 .
Table of ratifications of fundamental ILO conventions Total 7 ; not yet ratified 1 ; ratified 6 ; denounced 0 .
Treaties mentioned in the Millennium Declaration Total 10 ; signed 8 ; ratified 8 .
194228000 Population
8514880 SQ KM
Capital: Brasilia
Currency: Real
Language: Portuguese
BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX   see references
91.8
GENDER EQUITY INDEX   see references
69
THE PRESENT SITUATION   see references
Education   Countries above average
Information, science and technology   Countries below average
Public expenditure   Countries below average
Environment   Countries above average
Health   Countries in better situation
Women’s reproductive health   Countries in better situation
Gender and education   Countries in better situation
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Countries above average
Women’s empowerment   Countries below average
PROGRESS AND REGRESSION IN FOCUS   see references
Food security   Slight progress
Education   Significant progress
Information, science and technology   Significant progress
Public expenditure   Stagnant
Environment   Slight progress
Health   Slight progress
Women’s reproductive health   Slight progress
Gender and education   Stagnant
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Significant progress
Women’s empowerment   Slight progress
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