BOLSA FAMÍLIA: A COMPARED STUDY OF THE BRAZILIAN, MEXICAN AND CHILEAN EXPERIENCES
Bolsa Família; Cash Transfer Programs; Fighting Poverty; Latin America
The present work has as its objective, to carry out a comparative study relating the Bolsa Família Program, with PROGRESA/Oportunidades in Mexico and Solidaridad in Chile. It aims to analyze the formation period of these policies, along with their main characteristics as target audience and their entry criteria, proposing an impact analysis in their respective countries. Within these parameters, questions such as conditionalities and the influence of multilateral agencies in the fight against poverty in the Latin American continent, along with the theory of capitalization of the poorest and the breaking of the cycle of intergenerational poverty, are taken into consideration. In light of what was presented, the study has as its core an explanatory work, making use of literature review, using materials found in the repositories of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). In light of these aspects, the material will make use of secondary data. This data model leads to a historical survey of each one of the policies, analyzing the governmental period, the economic scenario, and the previous experiences.