The classification ranges from 0 to 1 - the nearer the classification is to 1, the greater the inequalities in the country in question. Countries classified under 0.45 are considered to have a good income distribution. Immediately after Brazil on the inequality distribution came Guatemala, South Africa and Kenya. Other data shows that the income distribution in Brazil has improved in recent years. Participating in the 48th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Scientific Progress on July 09, Elza Berquo of the National Commission of Population and Development outlined how the country's population has not only aged but also the over 65 age group has become poorer and is inadequately cared for.
Figures also show that the general population is getting older.
Hae indigenous people, important ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest and non-Indian villages. The program will also affect municipalities located on the shore of Bahia which are internationally known. The tourism complex is being publicized as the great project that will mark the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil, which will be celebrated in the year 2000. It comprises plans for building the Open Discovery Museum and an interstate bus station connecting Porto Seguro and Caraiva, two important municipalities of the region, for expanding an airport and for implementing many other facilities. Indigenous peoples and their allies reject this project and have nothing to celebrate.