During the 2000s, Brazil experienced slow economic growth and a substantial improvement in labour market indicators …. From 2001 to 2012, Brazil grew less than the Latin American average. However, the unemployment rate decreased, the … labour earnings went up. At the same time, poverty and inequality largely diminished. The international economic crisis had a …

Brazil's recent growth has been intensely pro-poor, and both poverty and inequality have declined significantly in the … last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … paper argues that Brazil's unique combination of economic and social policies is at the root of its inclusive growth, but it …

During the twentieth century, internal migration and urbanization shaped Brazil's economic and social landscape. Cities … grew tremendously, while immigration participated in the rapid urbanization process and the redistribution of poverty … between rural and urban areas. In 1950, about a third of Brazil's population lived in cities; this figure grew to …

Janeiro from 1968 to 2008. Major political transformations took place in Brazil during this interval: from dictatorship to … cumulative effects of these contextual changes, poverty programmes and community efforts, the favela population has continued to …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …

This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some …

preparation if poverty is to be taken more seriously by donors. …

nutrition-based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in …

involved, of the difficulties which can arise in the measurement of poverty and inequality when one compares populations of … differing size. The paper begins with certain problems attending the measurement of poverty when the overall population size is … Parfit's quest for a satisfactory theory of wellbeing and the economist's quest for a satisfactory measure of poverty …