Brazilian social programs and their relashionship with poverty, inequality and development

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Mirian Aparecida
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Fontes, Rosa Maria Olivera, Mattos, Leonardo Bornacki de, Cirino, Jader Fernandes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.publicacoesacademicas.uniceub.br/RBPP/article/view/2661
• topic: Economia; Políticas Públicas; programas sociais; Programas sociais; desigualdade de renda; pobreza; desenvolvimento

This research aimed to study how Brazilian social programs have impacted on poverty, income inequality and development in the period 2004-2007. First, principal component of factorial analysis was used to find the Index of Economic Underdevelopment, Index of Income Concentration and Index of Immunization. After that, a panel analysis was applied. The results had shown that Bolsa Família, Cartão Alimentação and PAIF programs had positive effects on the Index of Economic Underdevelopment. With respect to the Index of Income Concentration, neither program show significant effects. Finally, Auxílio Gás, Bolsa Alimentação and Bolsa Família programs had improved the Index of Immunization. Thus, it was verified that some socials programs had fulfilled its purpose and justified the increasing resources of Brazilian government in this kind of politics. On the other hand, some programs had contributed only marginally with the indicators improve.