Launched in 2011, the “Brazil Without Extreme Poverty” Plan, coordinated by the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger – since 2016 Ministry of Social and Agrarian Development – is aimed at overcoming extreme poverty in Brazil. Structured multidimensionally around three activity areas, the Plan involves work by 22 ministries as well as by all the states and municipalities that jointly implement around 100 actions. This text describes the conditions that led to the creation of the Plan and highlights some of its main features.