Community | July 27, 2011 | 5 comments

Brazil's Incredibly Successful Social Program: Pay the Poor

source: http://www.good.is/post/brazil-s-incredibly-successful-social-program-pay-the-poor

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"Brazil’s level of economic inequality is dropping at a faster rate than that of almost any other country. Between 2003 and 2009, the income of poor Brazilians has grown seven times as much as the income of rich Brazilians. Poverty has fallen during that time from 22 percent of the population to 7 percent."
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5 comments // Brazil's Incredibly Successful Social Program: Pay the Poor

  • remanns
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      remanns  

    • very cool -
      [ " The program, called Bolsa Familia (Family Grant) in Brazil, goes by different names in different places. In Mexico, where it first began on a national scale and has been equally successful at reducing poverty, it is Oportunidades. The generic term for the program is conditional cash transfers. The idea is to give regular payments to poor families, in the form of cash or electronic transfers into their bank accounts, if they meet certain requirements". ]

      +^d !

    • 9 months ago
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  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  

    • Ah, but we can't have that... That's gotta be some form of communism or socialism, and we here in the States will never put up with that kind of bigotry and intolerance, even if our poverty has to rise above 98% to prove that very concept.

    • 10 months ago
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