Redistribution and development? the political economy of the Bolsa Família program

The article offers a qualitative evaluation of Brazil's Bolsa Família (Family Grant or Family Stipend) Program, viewing it from the perspective of an income redistribution and development policy. Analyzing the program's most striking institutional characteristics -- targeting the poorest a...

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Main Author: Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582010000100001&lng=en&tlng=en