Publication: A Reversal in Shared Prosperity in Brazil: Brazil’s Poverty and Inequality since the 2014-2016 Domestic Crisis
Date
2020-07-31
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Published
2020-07-31
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Abstract
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.
Citation
“Ciaschi, Matias; Damasceno Costa, Rita; Rubião, Rafael M.; Paffhausen, Anna Luisa; Sousa, Liliana D.. 2020. A Reversal in Shared Prosperity in Brazil; A Reversal in Shared Prosperity in Brazil : Brazil’s Poverty and Inequality since the 2014-2016 Domestic Crisis. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34411 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”