Em contraste com o resto da América Latina e do Caribe, a taxa de pobreza do Brasil diminuiu entre 2019 e 2020, de 20,6% para 13,1%. O Auxílio Emergencial (AE), programa de transferência de renda lançado...
O Brasil foi um dos países mais afetados pela pandemia de COVID-19 na região. Em junho de 2021, era o país com a segunda maior taxa de mortes por milhão e o quarto em número de casos por milhão na América...
In Brazil, GDP grew 4.6 percent in 2021, thanks to strong services growth and a successful vaccination campaign. Significant downside risks remain in an uncertain environment. The 2022 presidential election...
In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil’s poverty rate is estimated to have decreased between 2019 and 2020 to 13.1 percent. Auxílio Emergencial (AE), a large emergency cash...
A year and half into the pandemic, employment had not recovered yet to pre-pandemic levels, with women and the population without higher education finding it harder to get back into employment. Women and...
Brazil has been one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. In June 2021, it was the country with the second-highest rate of deaths per million and the fourth by the number...
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic range far and wide going from direct impacts on the economy and jobs to indirect effects of learning losses among children that are out of school. Brazil is among the...
After contracting 4.1 percent in 2020, economic activity in Brazil increased substantially in 2021. Vaccination has accelerated, and the adult population is likely to be covered in late 2021. A sluggish...
The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic led to a historical decrease of 4.1 percent in GDP and the loss of more than 10 million jobs during the first three quarters of 2020. The services...
The authors project three scenarios of labor market outcomes, as well as their impact on poverty and inequality. The scenarios (optimistic, intermediate, and pessimistic) account for different levels of...