Source: Xinhua May 04, 2011
Brazil has 16.27 million people living in extreme poverty, which accounts for 8.5 percent of its total population, Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Tereza Campello announced.
The identification of persons who are below the poverty line was made by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) at the request of the federal government to guide the program Brazil Without Poverty, which is to be released in the coming weeks by President Dilma Rousseff.
The program's goal is to ensure income transfer, access to public services and productive inclusion to lift the Brazilians from poverty, the main promises made by Rousseff for her government, which assumed office in January.
Presenting the data, Campello said that Brazil will manage to eradicate extreme poverty almost completely in four years.
"The federal government, state governments and municipalities are making an extraordinary effort to eradicate extreme poverty. We are not talking about a plan that will continue, but a task force. The plan ends in four years," she said.
Social programs that benefit poor families with income amounting to more than 70 reais (45 U.S. dollars), such as Family Grant will continue, but Brazil Without Poverty will be aimed especially at those who face more difficult situation.
According to the study conducted by IBGE, among Brazilians living in extreme poverty, 4.8 million have a nominal monthly household income equal to zero, while 11.43 million have an income of up to 70 reais (45 dollars) a month.
The document also showed that the vast majority of Brazilians in abject poverty is brown or black, both in rural and in urban areas.
Besides, 46.7 percent of people below the poverty line live in rural areas, although only 15.6 percent of the Brazilian population live in rural areas.
The largest number of people living in extreme poverty -- 9.6 million people or 59.1 percent of the total-- is from the Northeast region of the country.
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Brazil has 16.27 million people living in extreme poverty, which accounts for 8.5 percent of its total population, Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Tereza Campello announced.
The identification of persons who are below the poverty line was made by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) at the request of the federal government to guide the program Brazil Without Poverty, which is to be released in the coming weeks by President Dilma Rousseff.
The program's goal is to ensure income transfer, access to public services and productive inclusion to lift the Brazilians from poverty, the main promises made by Rousseff for her government, which assumed office in January.
Presenting the data, Campello said that Brazil will manage to eradicate extreme poverty almost completely in four years.
"The federal government, state governments and municipalities are making an extraordinary effort to eradicate extreme poverty. We are not talking about a plan that will continue, but a task force. The plan ends in four years," she said.
Social programs that benefit poor families with income amounting to more than 70 reais (45 U.S. dollars), such as Family Grant will continue, but Brazil Without Poverty will be aimed especially at those who face more difficult situation.
According to the study conducted by IBGE, among Brazilians living in extreme poverty, 4.8 million have a nominal monthly household income equal to zero, while 11.43 million have an income of up to 70 reais (45 dollars) a month.
The document also showed that the vast majority of Brazilians in abject poverty is brown or black, both in rural and in urban areas.
Besides, 46.7 percent of people below the poverty line live in rural areas, although only 15.6 percent of the Brazilian population live in rural areas.
The largest number of people living in extreme poverty -- 9.6 million people or 59.1 percent of the total-- is from the Northeast region of the country.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7369481.html
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