1. New School - New York - February 23rd, 2010.
Social Policies in Brazil
Rômulo Paes de Sousa
Executive Secretary Deputy
Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger of
Brazil
New School - New York - February 23rd, 2010.

2. Source: Ministry of Social Development and the Fight Against Hunger
Brazil
Population: million
5 regions
Area: 8,514,215.3 km²
26 States and a Federal District
5,564 municipalities
Poor families: 11.1 million families
Extremely poor families: 4.5 million families
Source: Ministry of Social Development and the Fight Against Hunger

3. Macro results related to Brazilian Social Policies

4. Poverty and Inequality Reduction
19,4 million Brazilians have overcome extreme poverty since 2003.
Brazil achieved Target 1 of MDG ten years in advance and has set higher standards: reduce extreme poverty to ¼ and eradicate hunger until 2015.
Decrease of Inequality: from 2001 to 2008, the income of the bottom 10% grew six times faster than the top 10%.

5. Per capita household income distribution according to the Gini Index: Brazil, 1995 to 2008

6. Temporal evolution of extreme poverty
Brazil, 1990 to 2008

7. Per capita household income distribution – Gini Index in Brazil, Mexico, USA, Canada and UK
(1976 – 2008)

8. Economic Relevance of Social Transfers
In 2009, the BPC and Bolsa Família cash transfers to poor families comprised approximately US$ 17 billion - around 1% of GDP.
Redistributive effect: the smaller the per capita income of a given region, the bigger the importance of transfers for the local economy.
In the Northeast (poorest region of Brazil), they represent 3% of regional GDP.
As these social transfers raise the consumption capacity of families, they have an immediate multiplying effect on the economy. 8

10. Consolidation of Social Development Policies in Brazil to Eradicate Hunger, Reduce Poverty and Other Social Vulnerabilities

11. Information Management
Social Protection Network
Education
Children and families
Social
Protection
Nutrition and Food
Security
Cash transfer
Productive
Inclusion
Sports
Social Security
Labor
Agricultural Development
Health
Culture
Human rights
Housing
Monitoring
Evaluation
Information Management 11

12. New Social Agenda
The Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS) is part of a new social agenda that integrates all social programs by encompassing the following policies :
Nutrition and Food Security;
Social Protection and Assistance;
Conditioned Cash Transfer (CCT);
Productive Inclusion initiatives.

13. Budget Evolution of MDS – from 2004 to 2009
1 real ~ 1.87 dollars

14. MDS - portfolio of services and benefits
Bolsa Familia Program – Conditioned Cash Transfer (PBF)
Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC)
Services
Social Protection for Children, Adolescents and Families who are Affected by Sexual Violence, Abuse and Exploitation
Integral Family Care Program– PAIF (assistance according to age levels, including children 0-6 years old)
Child Labor Eradication Program– PETI
Nutrition and Food Security
Actions to ensure nutrition and food security; access to water, credit and food, especially to elligible families.

15. Social Management
Institutionalization of social assistance (Unified Social Assistance System – SUAS) as a Constitutional right, with the provision of non-contributive services and benefits.
Consolidation of CadUnico, a databank of elligible families according to social criteria.
Initiatives in municipalities to formalize minimum income schemes.

16. Performance of Policies, Programs
and Actions
Pillars of MDS social actions:
Fight against hunger and malnutrition
Reduction of poverty and inequality
Enlargement of the social protection network

17. Bolsa Familia Program
Conditioned cash transfer program, launched in October 2003, and instituted by Federal Law;
Strategic axis for the integration of policies and actions within the Brazilian Social Protection and Promotion Network;
Benefits families with per capita income below US$ 80.
12.4 million poor families (almost 50 million people) benefited in all 5,564 Brazilian municipalities;
Amount per family: varies from US$ 13 to US$ 114, depending on its size and poverty level.
Average amount: US$ 54 per family
Budget for 2009: US$ 10.5 billion (0.4% of the GDP);

18. Evolution: number of families benefited by Bolsa Familia
Brazil; 2004 to 2009 (in millions)
Budget in 2009: US$ 6,74 billion

19. Conditionalities
Responsibility shared among the families and the State;
Reinforcement of Rights (education, health, social assistance);
Non-compliance with conditionalities is interpreted by federal and local authorities as a sign that a family may be at risk or in need of additional social assistance services;
The consequences for non-compliance with conditionalities are gradual, beginning with a “warning” followed by blockage, suspension, and finally cancellation of benefits.

20. Conditionalities AREA CONDITIONALITY TARGET HEALTH
following vaccination calendar, children´s growth and development
children under 7 years old
Pre-birth and nursing health care
Pregnant women and nursing mothers
EDUCATION
school registration and monthly attendance (minimum 85%)
children and teenagers between ages 6 and 15.
school registration and monthly attendance (minimum 75%)
16-17 year-olds
SOCIAL PROTECTION
socio educational and community activities (Child Labor Eradication Program)
children up to 15

21. Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC)
Introduced by the Federal Constitution of 1988;
Non-contributive;
Monthly minimum wage benefits (US$ 265) for the elderly (over 65) and persons with disabilities, unable to work, and belonging to families with a monthly per capita income lower than ¼ of the minimum wage (US$ 66);
About 1.8 million persons with disabilities and 1.6 million elderly persons receive this benefit;
BPC budget for 2009 was billion (0,6% of GDP).

22. 1. Fight against hunger and malnutrition

23. Infant mortality and its components: precocious and late neonatal and post-neonatal. Brazil, 1996 – 2007.

24. Height-for-age distribution of children studied by each of four
surveys versus the height-for-age distribution predicted by the WHO Child Growth Standard, 1975–2007 (Monteiro et al, 2009)

25. Percentage of children (0 to 4 years old) with inadequate weight-for-age, Brazil – 1996 to 2006
Fuente: Brasil. Ministério da Saúde. Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher – PNDS 2006: dimensões do processo reprodutivo e da saúde da criança/ Ministério da Saúde, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento. – Brasília: Ministério da Saúde, p.226

26. 2. Reduction of poverty and inequality

27. Impact of Bolsa Família Transfers on the reduction of inequity and poverty between 2003 and 2008
Gini Index
Percentage of poor people
Poverty gap
Severity of poverty
Percentage of extreme poverty
Extreme poverty gap
Severity of extreme poverty
Source: Barros, R.P., on PNAD 2009, IPEA, 2009.

28. Per capita income before and after Conditioned Cash Transfers – Bolsa Familia, Brazil
Source: Microdata from Cadastro Único Sept./2009 – MDS/SENARC.

29. 3. Enlargement of the social protection network

30. The cash transfer programs have contributed to the reduction of poverty and inequality in the country
Bolsa Família : Fulfillment of service goals
2003: 1.2 million families serviced
2008: 10.5 million families serviced
Expansion of services of Continued Cash Benefits (BPC):
2003: 1.7 million beneficiaries
2008: 2.9 million beneficiaries

31. 1.2 million beneficiary families
Coverage of Bolsa Família (%), Brazil, October-2003 x January-2009
1.2 million beneficiary families
Source: MDS/SAGI e IPEA, Nota: (1) Coverage = Number of families benefited in Oct/2003, divided by the estimated number of poor families

32. Social Protection Equipments – Brasil, 2009.
CRAS
CREAS
Centers in functioning conditions
5.812
1.200
Percentage of municipalities reached by the services
77,8
22,8
CRAS: Social Assistance Reference Center
CREAS: Social Assistance Specialized Reference Center

33. Challenges
Combination of economic growth, income distribution and social inclusion should be maintained for several years in order to achieve desirable standards of social development.
Despite recent advances in Brazil,the number of poverty-stricken people is still high (around 30 million).
Inequality rates continue among the highest in the world (Gini 0,531 in 2009).
persistence of illiteracy and unsatisfactory health indicators (mainly in the poorest regions such as Northeast).

34. Challenges
Unified Registry System for Federal Government Social Programs: adequate access to water supply, garbage collection and disposal, in all types of residence and in urban residences only, by region, in September 2009
Source: Microdata from Cadastro Único, Sept./2009 – MDS/SENARC.

35. Challenges
Spatial distribution of urban residences served by both water supply and garbage collection public systems, as well as adequate sanitation systems(septic or public network), in September 2009
Fonte: Microdados do Cadastro Único de Set./2009 – MDS/SENARC.

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