The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic arrived in Brazil while the poorest forty percent of the population was still recovering from the 2014-2016 crisis. After boosting Latin America’s reduction in poverty...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic arrived in Brazil while the poorest forty percent of the population was still recovering from the 2014-2016 crisis. After boosting Latin America’s reduction in poverty...
In this note we estimate the short-term economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Brazilian families vis-a-vis labor shocks. The analysis, using a microsimulation model which incorporates subnational shocks...
A new decade is just around the corner and you may have convinced yourself that this time you will exercise and eat healthy, that you will get rid of those extra pounds. There are no excuses this time...
Still recovering from the 2015-2016 recession, Brazil is expected to enter recession once more in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hit. Assuming a relatively transitory economic disruption, 2020 growth...
Brazil’s 2014-16 recession ended an eleven- year streak of poverty reduction. Recently released data show that it has disproportionately affected the poorest Brazilians and an uneven recovery means that...