Confronting Crises: Learning From Labour Markets in the Past

One of the goals of targeted conditional cash transfer programmes is to increase the human capital of their beneficiaries. Were it not for that, the existence of conditionalities would not make sense. The rationale is clear: the transfer alleviates poverty today, and this condition sets families...

This text attempts to estimate the impacts of the Programa Bolsa Família on grade repetition, using matched data from the Single Registry (Cadastro Único, or CadÚnico), the Attendance Project and annual School Census. The authors use three approaches: i) comparing the results for poor...

Um dos objetivos dos Programas Condicionados de Transferência de Renda (PCTRs) é o aumento do capital humano de seus beneficiários. Se não fosse por esta razão, a existência de condicionalidades não faria sentido. A racionalidade é clara: a transferência ameniza a pobreza hoje e a...

The economics profession has long debated whether there is a trade-off between growth and equity. Countries that pursued inequality-reducing strategies have been warned that growth will be affected, and hence that poverty increases. The harbingers of doom advocated a growth-focused strategy....

Targeting and Coverage of the Bolsa Família Programme: What Is the Meaning of Eleven Million Families?