Posts tagged Bolsa Família
Study Shows Bolsa Família Assistance Doesn’t Extinguish Ambition
May 13th
For the original article in Portuguese on Portal Geledés via Diário do Nordeste click here.
The financial assistance given to families living in extreme poverty through the program Bolsa Família (“Family Stipend”) does not deter them from searching for work, or from becoming entrepreneurs themselves. The conclusion comes from the national Research Institute for Applied Economics (Ipea), after an analysis of Brazilian micro-entrepreneurship. “The Bolsa Família does not produce an effect of laziness or apathy in its recipients. The majority of beneficiaries being entrepreneurs with formalized businesses is proof of that,” says Rafael Moreira.
Moreira is one of the researchers focusing on the individual microentrepreneur–a More >
Bolsa Família and the Feminist Revolution in the Sertão
Jan 14th
For the original article in Marie Claire in Portuguese click here.
Over the past five years anthropologist Walquiria Domingues Leão Rêgo has witnessed a change in behavior in the poorest, and probably most sexist, areas of Brazil. The money provided by the federal income subsidy program Bolsa Família has brought the power of choice to women. They now decide everything from the grocery list to whether to file for divorce.
Money from "Bolsa-Família" brought the power of choice to the women of the Sertão, Brazil's hinterland (Photo from: Editora Globo)
A revolution is underway. Silent and slow—52 years after the creation of the More >
