In this text we address measurement, monitoring and cost issues relating to the eradication of extreme poverty in … Brazil. We argue that, for the purpose of ending extreme poverty, income poverty is the relevant concept, and that an … administrative extreme poverty line, decided upon politically, is the best criterion. For computational purposes, we use a R$ 67 …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …-off. Finally, we show that in the past few years poverty rates were much more sensitive to changes in inequality than in average …

poverty and inequality. To that end, we have used data from the 2001-2015 standard National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa … income as reflected by PNAD (0.7 per cent), the programme has such a significant impact on poverty reduction: its transfers … reduce poverty by 15 per cent and extreme poverty by 25 per cent. Dynamic decompositions of the Gini coefficient suggest that …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …-off. Finally, we show that in the past few years poverty rates were much more sensitive to changes in inequality than in average …

poverty and inequality. To that end, we have used data from the 2001-2015 standard National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa … income as reflected by PNAD (0.7 per cent), the programme has such a significant impact on poverty reduction: its transfers … reduce poverty by 15 per cent and extreme poverty by 25 per cent. Dynamic decompositions of the Gini coefficient suggest that …

inefficiencies. This note proposes an approach within which can join all transfers to individuals vulnerable to poverty and children … new transfer program based on a Universal Child Benefit and targeted Extreme Poverty Grant whose impacts on poverty and …

inefficiencies. This note proposes an approach within which can join all transfers to individuals vulnerable to poverty and children … new transfer program based on a Universal Child Benefit and targeted Extreme Poverty Grant whose impacts on poverty and …