The poverty, in welfare economics, is understood as a situation of privation of goods. In one hand, poverty can be … the definition of poverty lines that indicate the minimum level of income so that the individuals can satisfy its basic … substantially between different societies. Thus, more recently a multidimensional boarding was developed to deal with the poverty …

poverty reduction in five different geographic regions - Brazil, the Northeastern region, the state of Bahia, the metropolitan … the Programa Bolsa Família. Thus, both growth and redistribution contributed decisively to poverty reduction in Brazil and …-term prospects for pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in Brazil will hinge on a more equitable labor market in the Northeastern …

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 …