A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

In less than a decade, Brazil had managed to cut the proportion of its population living in extreme poverty in half. 4 This sharp decline coincided with the introduction of Brazil’s first cash ...

By 2013, the most recent year on World Bank's poverty stats for Brazil, 9.7 million Brazilians were struggling to survive on $1.90 a day, ...

In Brazil, an ongoing financial crisis, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to a staggering unemployment rate of 13 percent. The converging crises have meant rising poverty and homelessness.

This poverty and equity assessment was led by the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity team in the Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions Practice Group (EFI). The report brings together a collection ...

Part of the fall in poverty levels in Brazil between 2003 and 2014 has been reversed since the 2015-2016 recession. Skip to main content. Sign In; Financial Markets. Europe. U.S. Emerging Markets.

According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), 63% of Brazil's boys and girls live in poverty, which is tantamount to around 32 million children and adolescents, Agencia Brasil reported.

The Poverty Rate in the Amazon Is Way Above Brazil’s Average Share of the population with a per capita household income of less than $6.85 per day, equivalent to $65 per month in 2022 values ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s extreme poverty has plunged due to a monthly federal handout during the coronavirus pandemic, but threatens to bounce back once the government ceases the stopgap ...

Brazil's Lula pledged support for Prabowo's free nutritious meal program during a meeting in Braslia on July 9, 2025, after ...

Brazil's foreign minister, Mauro Vieira, is looking forward to President Yoon Suk Yeol's attendance at the G20 summit, where Korea's history can offer insights for developing nations.