Pobreza no Brasil: métodos de análise e resultados

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present preliminary results from the research project on the subject of poverty in Brazil, which is beging undertaken at the IEI/UFRJ, in the frame of the Social Planning Project. The first part of this text presents a review of literature on poverty measurement, describing concepts and methods used in this paper. The second part of it, which starts with the reference to the (primary) data sources utilized, shows a selection of results from the application of the different methods for identifying the poor . Basically these methods rely on personal income, nutrition and other basic needs indicators. The statistical tables contain information on the size, location and socio-economic features of the poor in 1974-75 and in 1985. This allows an evaluation of the dimension and configuration (heterogeneity) of poverty and provides a comparison of the results obtained with the various indentification methods used. Inter alia, these results lead to the conclusion that deprivations are not coincident requiring especific social indicators analysês and interventiong programs.