increased equity, Latin America would stand out, with Brazil taking a place of pride. Both the country and the region saw a … significant drop in their notoriously high levels of income inequality and poverty over the course of the first decade of the … century. Brazil ultimately became a conduit for broader hopes of overcoming underdevelopment, standing as a benchmark for a …

analysing and measuring social inclusion. Over time, however, it has become evident that, like other social ills such as poverty … highlighted the need for the simultaneous promotion of productivity, poverty reduction and greater inclusiveness. The recognized … UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) has further reiterated the need to address social exclusion and …

. Children and Indigenous people are underrepresented, relative to their poverty rate, in the rosters of beneficiaries. Brazil … that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment, we analyze three dimensions of size …: conditional cash transfers, non-contributory pensions, and other transfers. We use an international poverty line of 6.85 dollars …