Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da; Pessali, Huáscar Fialho - Departamento de Economia, Universidade Federal do Paraná - 2007
towards eradicating poverty, and uses the insights to study the case of the Brazilian program Bolsa Familia. The initial … assumption is that the person receiving the benefits of the program knows best about how to use the income to satisfy his or her … needs. This, however, cannot imply that an optimal solution is reached. Individuals, especially those on very low income …