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 …

Brazil's slow pace of poverty reduction over the last two decades reflects both low growth and a low growth elasticity … because there was so little of it, economic growth played a relatively small role in accounting for Brazil's poverty reduction … of poverty reduction. Using GDP data disaggregated by state and sector for a twenty-year period, this paper finds …

We ask what caused poverty to decline in Brazil during the first decade of the 21st century. Our contribution lies in … the introduction of a structural change perspective to assess the evolution of poverty by considering the sectoral impact … in the literature that the service sector rather than agriculture contributes the most to the sustained poverty reduction …

that can lead Brazil towards a faster and more equitable growth and rapid poverty reduction. We conclude presenting the …This paper reviews the recent economic policies in Brazil and their impacts on the poor, and examines macro policies … required to allow for poverty reduction. We first present the economic policies of the following periods and their impacts on …

transfers. The Programa Bolsa Familia (PBF) decreased its coverage in the years following the 2014 crisis when Brazil's poverty …In 2020, Brazil was about to face socioeconomic disruptions of historical proportions. The onset of the COVID-19 … Security System (INSS). When economic shocks hit Brazil, the labor market outcomes of low-income individuals are the first to …