Herein a characterization of the evolution of extreme poverty and income inequality in Bahia is presented. Extreme … poverty and income inequality in Bahia fell twice from 1995 to 2009, in roughly the same periods, but at different pace. The … first fall begins in 1996. For extreme poverty, it was a sudden fall ending in 1997, whilst inequality kept falling till …

in 2009), the poor (between R$ 67 and R$ 134), the vulnerable to poverty (between R$ 134 and R$ 465) and the non … also present a classification of types of family most likely to be found in extreme poverty. Our first conclusion is that … distribution of poverty has not changed much between 2004 and 2009. Our second conclusion is that the most important changes in …

The present research aims to contribute to the area of poverty studies by appraising the potentiality of traditional … research methods and the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as proper instruments for analyzing poverty situations according to … a "relational" perspective. The theoretical concepts of poverty have gradually developed towards the idea that it is a …

The paper analyses poverty in Brazil from 1992 to 2004, combining the usual measure based on income with other … indicators of well-being and social development, thus better capturing different poverty situations. Using data from an annual … non-poor. Type I poverty, which affects one third of Brazilian population, showed cyclical variations, with no clear …