its connected poverty trends. The main focus of the authors is understanding, for the case of Brazil, how a trade shock …

Building democracy in an emerging society : challenges of the welfare state in Brazil / Sonia Fleury -- Inequality … and social policies : towards inclusive development / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Brazil's labor market : limitations and … opportunities for emancipation / Adalberto Cardoso -- Social movements and emancipation in Brazil / Ilse Scherer-Warren -- MST …

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 …