A Reversal in Shared Prosperity in Brazil : Brazil’s Poverty and Inequality since the 2014-2016 Domestic Crisis
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic arrived in Brazil while the poorest forty percent of the population was still recovering from the 2014-2016 crisis. After boosting Latin America’s reduction in poverty and inequality for the previous decade, Braz...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/375591598346747067/Brazil-s-Poverty-and-Inequality-Since-the-2014-2016-Domestic-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34411 |
| Summary: | The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
arrived in Brazil while the poorest forty percent of the
population was still recovering from the 2014-2016 crisis.
After boosting Latin America’s reduction in poverty and
inequality for the previous decade, Brazil’s 2014-2016
crisis and recovery are a stark departure from the previous
decade as Brazil’s inclusive growth turned significantly
regressive. As millions of jobs were lost, Brazil’s
expansive social protection system was unable to effectively
serve as a countercyclical protection system. This note
analyses the recently released household data from 2012
through 2019 to better understand the severity of the
2014-2016 crisis across income groups, as well as the uneven
and slow recovery experienced following this crisis. |
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