Brazil: Land of Gisele, Bikinis... and Massive Social Reform

By Sophie Rosenblum | Friday, April 9, 2010 7:02 AM ET

Bravo Brazil! This South American country is already accomplishing the UN's 2015 Millennium Development Goals — and moving to explore how can other countries can begin to follow. (Hint: You can help!)

With only half a decade left until the UN's 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) deadline, many countries are anxiously watching the ticking clock, frantically figuring out how they are going to decrease poverty and reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS in just five years. Thankfully, when it comes to tackling the MDGs, there is one country that is already ahead of schedule.

According to a report published in March by the Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), when it comes to the MDG’s eight pillars, Brazil is on track to achieve many of these objectives by 2015, and in some areas it has already exceeded them. IPEA credits Brazil with reducing poverty by a whopping 81 percent, surpassing both the goal set by the United Nations and the goal of 75 percent the Brazilian government set for the country. As if that’s not enough, Brazil has also drastically reduced child mortality rates and stabilized the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the country, thus lowering the number of AIDS-related deaths.

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