Public Policies in Achieving Social Harmony: Lessons
from Brazil
Wu Zhihua
Abstract:Public policies can function as a “regulator”in the process of
achieving social harmony.The Brazilian experience indicates that,in designing
public policies,the government needs to take into account of all the social sectors’
interests so as to coordinate properly the relationship between economic and social
development.Since public policies tend to be biased towards some people,their impact
upon the interests and well-beings of the different social classes are not
necessarily the same.Therefore,the government should pay special attention to
protecting the vulnerable sectors.