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A UN report shows Brazil is winning, and exporting, its anti-austerity policies, writes Hans Zomer

BRAZIL may have disappointed on the football pitch during the recent World Cup, but a UN report shows that it is a winning a far more important match, and a new information service is helping highlight such stories of success.

The UN Development Programme report on human development shows that Brazil is one of the countries where progress has been greatest over the last 30 years.