"Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in …

household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to …

). Poverty incidence also followed an inverted U-curve over the past quarter century, rising from 0.30 in 1981 to 0.33 in 1993 … social assistance transfers targeted to the poor; and a possible decline in racial inequality. Although poverty dynamics … substantial contribution to poverty reduction. "--World Bank web site …

its connected poverty trends. The main focus of the authors is understanding, for the case of Brazil, how a trade shock … interacts with these structural forces and ascertaining whether it enhances or hinders medium-term poverty reduction. In … particular, they consider the interactions between the migration of labor out of agriculture, a potentially important poverty …