increased equity, Latin America would stand out, with Brazil taking a place of pride. Both the country and the region saw a … century. Brazil ultimately became a conduit for broader hopes of overcoming underdevelopment, standing as a benchmark for a … protection system in paving a new economic regime in Brazil (social developmentalism), and examine the kind of coordination …

This paper aims at analyzing the contribution of social policies to declining rates of income inequalities in Brazil … since the 1990s. Based on a framework of historical institutionalism, Brazil is characterised as a traditionally patrimonial …