We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes … and Brazil from achieving similar reductions in inequality is not the lack of revenues but the fact that they spend less …. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that are …

We apply a standard tax-and-benefit-incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes …, and Brazil from achieving similar reductions in inequality is not the lack of revenues but the fact that they spend less … recipients. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that …

. Our paper uses national data from Brazil between 2002 and 2013 to examine retrospectively how it has performed on some of …

finds that the main factor contributing to poverty reduction has been individuals' changes in labor earnings, and the role … constraining the period's remarkable progress in poverty reduction and expansion of the middle class. …

poverty and wellbeing. This framing is reflective of Brazil's national narrative on race relations and the idea that class and … employment status have been the most salient barriers to social welfare protections. Brazil's widely well-regarded anti-poverty … learn from Brazil's pursuit of poverty reduction alongside administrative procedures that identify vulnerable groups, as a …