Which social democracy is doing well here in south america? We are currently paying the price for all the post-socialist economical measures here in Brazil.It's not pretty.
For instance,the poverty headcount:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=BR
Specially against this one, a growing population:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=BR