Re:Brazil has the power to save the Amazon rainforest, or de...
by emn13 on Sunday August 04, 2019 @03:15PM
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Going by wikipedia's stats, bulgaria is noticably richer at PPP, but not in raw $, so it's not surprising you'd notice the difference in person (and I'll bet the region you visited matters too). The inequality will matter too, as you say. Brainfart about serbia, I was simply skimming european countries ;-).
Ref:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_eq...
I have been to Brazil and the situation is very different there. You are correct that the GDP is comparable, but the gap between the rich and the poor there is far worse, though I don't have the stats to back up my claim. Just an observation.
That being said I'm sure that the short term profits they make from cutting the rainforest will definitely only help widen the gap between the rich and the poor there. I agree with you that they have other options to better their situation in a more sustainable way.