Banca de DEFESA: GUILHERME SOUSA BRANDAO

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STUDENT : GUILHERME SOUSA BRANDAO
DATE: 06/03/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência via Gerência de Redes do CCET/UFRN
TITLE:

ESSAYS ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY IN THE SEMIARID NORTHEAST: A CENSUS STUDY FOR THE YEARS 2000 AND 2010

KEY WORDS:

Multidimensional poverty; Northeastern semi-arid region; Regional development; Family arrangements; Spatial analysis

PAGES: 140
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Demografia
SUBÁREA: Política Pública e População
SUMMARY:

This thesis investigates multidimensional poverty in the northeastern semi-arid region in 2000 and 2010, analyzing its incidence and distribution from different perspectives: individual, family and municipal. To this end, it recalls demographic, historical and socio-economic elements that help to understand the dynamics of poverty in the region. The research is structured in three essays, each focusing on a specific dimension of poverty. The first essay examines the sociodemographic profile of individuals in situations of deprivation, outlining extreme poverty and its transformations over the decade. The second essay analyzes multidimensionally poor family arrangements, identifying structural changes in household compositions and their implications for social vulnerability. The third essay looks at poverty on a municipal scale, investigating its concentration and spatial dispersion, focusing on the size of municipalities and regional heterogeneity. The research uses microdata from the 2000 and 2010 Demographic Censuses as its source, the most comprehensive database on the conditions of the Brazilian population, allowing for detailed analysis at different geographical levels. The methodologies applied include descriptive statistics, spatial analysis and the Alkire-Foster method for measuring multidimensional poverty, offering a broad view of the deprivations present in the region. The results show progress in reducing extreme poverty over the 2000s but also highlight the persistence of structural inequalities that affect individuals, families and municipalities differently. At the individual level, while women showed a more significant reduction in extreme poverty, driven by social policies aimed at the family, brown men living in rural areas remained the most vulnerable group. The analysis of family arrangements reinforced this trend by revealing an increase in female headship among poor households, while racial inequality and lack of access to opportunities continued to limit the social mobility of certain groups. In addition, the growth in single-person households and the slight reduction in nuclear and extended households suggest changes in family structures. The municipal analysis revealed a spatial pattern of poverty, with small and micro-municipalities concentrating the highest rates of multidimensional poverty, while more economically dynamic medium-sized cities had better socio-economic conditions. The findings reinforce that the lack of economic diversification, poor infrastructure and limited access to basic services are determining factors of poverty in more vulnerable municipalities.

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