Brazil - Attacking Brazil's Poverty : A Poverty Report with a Focus on Urban Poverty Reduction Policies (Vol. 2 of 2) - Main Report

Brazil - Attacking Brazil's Poverty : A Poverty Report with a Focus on Urban Poverty Reduction Policies (Vol. 2 of 2) - Main Report

The first central message of this report is that Brazil has over the last years achieved great progress in its social policies and indicators. The second central message is that poverty remains unacceptably high for a country with Brazil's ave...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SOCIAL POLICY POLICY REFORM INFANT MORTALITY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL DEPENDENCY RATIOS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMS MICROCREDITS HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH CARE URBAN SERVICES SOCIAL SAFETY NETS LAND OWNERSHIP LABOR CONTRACTS LIVING CONDITIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS DECISION MAKING TARGETED ASSISTANCE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES ENTITLEMENT EARMARKED TAXES QUALITY OF EDUCATION INCOME TRANSFERS MEANS-TESTING DEMAND ORIENTATION ALLOCATION EFFICIENCY AGGREGATE INCOME ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION BENEFIT INCIDENCE CASH TRANSFERS COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONSUMPTION DATA COST EFFECTIVENESS CURRENCY UNIT DEVELOPMENT GOALS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION LEVEL ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPENDITURE SURVEY EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FEEDING PROGRAMS FOOD BASKET FOOD STAMPS FORMAL ECONOMY GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN WELL-BEING INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME POPULATIONS INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INFLATION INSURANCE JOB LOSS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND REFORM LAND USE LIVING STANDARD LOCAL LEVEL MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEAN INCOME MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MONETARY POLICIES NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL SYSTEM NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS NUTRITION OLD AGE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY AREAS POLICY DEBATE POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY OPTIONS POLICY REFORMS POOR PERSON POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION GOALS POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STRATEGY POVERTY TRENDS PRICE DIFFERENCES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY CONTROL QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS REAL WAGES REDUCED POVERTY REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SAVINGS SERVICE PROVISION SHORT TERM SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1552006/brazil-attacking-brazils-poverty-poverty-report-focus-urban-poverty-reduction-policies-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15501

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Summary:	The first central message of this report is that Brazil has over the last years achieved great progress in its social policies and indicators. The second central message is that poverty remains unacceptably high for a country with Brazil's average income levels. The worst remaining income poverty is mostly concentrated in the Northeast region, and in the smaller urban and rural areas. The third central message is that, with decisive action, Brazil can achieve ambitious targets for further improvements in social indicators, including the objective of reducing the rate of extreme income poverty by 50 percent by the year 2015. Poverty is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. Recognizing the rich literature on poverty in Brazil, this report attempts a few specific contributions. First, it presents a new 1996 poverty profile with a breakdown by city size, incorporation of the imputed value of owned housing, and regional price deflators. Second, it provides analysis of the incidence of selected public social spending based on the 1996/7 "Pesquisa sobre Padroes da Vida (PPV)." Third, it selectively synthesizes other work on poverty in Brazil in order to present an overview of cross-sectoral comparisons of the effectiveness of policy interventions. Fourth, it provides suggestions and selective inputs for devloping a national poverty reduction strategy. The report updates a previous World Bank assessment (report no. 14323) and builds on earlier work on urban poverty strategy.

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