Publications

The book “Bolsa Família Program: a decade of social inclusion in Brazil”, organized by minister Tereza Campello, from the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS), and by the minister of the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic and president of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Marcelo Neri, has earned a shorter, bilingual version containing the most important information of its original 29 chapters. The summary addresses from anthropology and medicine to themes such as impacts over education, labor, health and macroeconomics, as well institutional details of the Unified Registry for Social Programs (Cadastro Único) and the articulation between levels and spheres of government. The purpose of these new publications is to promote, internally and abroad, the diffusion and exchange of knowledge on the country’s main social technology program in recent years and to serve as a model for similar initiatives throughout the world. This executive summary is the first publication of the Brazil Learning Initiative for a World without Poverty (WWP).

What are the politics of poverty? Brazil’s move to reshape its development shows how aligning social and economic policies, transferring cash to poor families (97% to women) and offering public services to those who most need them can have multiple benefits. This article from Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was published on OECD’s Development Co-operation Report 2013.

The magazine “The End of Poverty is just a Beginning” celebrates two years of the Brazil without Extreme Poverty Plan and features articles and reports on its axis of action.

Evidence suggests that, given the high coverage of the Bolsa Familia Program, the conditionalities in the area of education have positive effects on the learning path of beneficiaries, also leading to a reduction of the intergenerational cycle of poverty. The publication is a One Pager from the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG).

This One Pager from the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) examines the database of the 13.9 million Bolsa Familia Program beneficiary families. By examining the profile of these households, the authors recommend the improvement of certain government services to address other sources of vulnerabilities besides income.

This One Pager from the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth is part of a IPC-IG series of publications to celebrate 10 years of the Bolsa Familia Program in Brazil.

Starting from the premise that poverty is not simply lack of resources, but also a relation through which the poor come directly under State control, the author explores the place of Cash Transfer Programs (CCTs) such as Mexico’s Oportunidades Program in the evolution of social policy and citizenship in Latin America, assessing the impact of these programmes in terms of poor peoples’ perceptions of their rights and the quality of their civic participation.

The “Brazilian Journal of Monitoring and Evaluation” is a publication by the Brazilian Monitoring and Evaluation Network in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger and the Strategic Affairs Secretariat of the President’s Executive Cabinet. This is a new editorial proposal for organizing and disseminating M&A experiences in public policies, programs and social projects in Brazil.

This study discusses the role played by two Brazilian policies, the Food Purchase Program (PAA) and the National School Feeding Program (PNAE), in creating a structured demand for small farmers producing food crops. The two initiatives combined are believed to be the largest institutional procurement programs in the world that deliberately prioritises purchasing from the most vulnerable families.

Internal Bylaws of the Brazil Learning Initiative for a World without Poverty (WWP), updated in 22 September 2015.

Addendum of the Memorandum was signed in 20 February 2017 by the Ministry of Social Development (MDS), the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), and the World Bank.

Memorandum was signed in 5 March 2013 by the Ministry of Social and Agrarian Development (MDS) — then Ministry of Social Development and the Fight Against Hunger — the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), and the World Bank.

This issue brings a set of articles that discuss some of the recent developments and innovations in the social protection area in developing countries.

This guide takes the guesswork out of the process of designing and implementing knowledge exchange initiatives. Development practitioners want to learn from the practical experience of others who have gone through, or are going through, similar problems. This guide emphasizes empowering local agents through experiential learning with peers from their own and other countries, by following a strategic, results-oriented approach.

Although Brazil and India have quite different agrarian structures and specific classifications for farmers, in both countries the proportion of disadvantaged rural groups in the total population, especially smaller-scale producers, is significant. The two countries have instituted large-scale procurement programs whereby the government purchases agricultural goods that support farmers’ livelihoods by offering advantageous market alternatives. These initiatives reconcile trade opportunities for producers with the provision of goods to vulnerable populations.

The article evaluates the impact of the conditionalities of Mexico’s conditional cash transfer program, PROGRESA, on education, including registration and attendance rates of beneficiaries.