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Historical Bolsa Família Coverage and Expenditure
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Details metrics related to the Bolsa Família social welfare initiative, which was a major governmental program implemented in Brazil before the Bolsonaro administration. Social programs like this initiative were fundamental, responsible for nearly 60 per cent of the reduction in the number of people experiencing extreme poverty during the decade of economic growth. The data reveals that program coverage was falling, declining by 4 percentage points between May 2016 and May 2017, even as job losses increased economic pressure on families. This product provides insights into regional resource distribution and the efficacy of poverty alleviation efforts.
Columns
- year: The specific year the data was recorded.
- month: The month, represented numerically (1 signifies January, 12 signifies December).
- region: Identifies one of the five geographical regions of the country. For reference, the traditional ranking of regions by poverty is Northeast (poorest) through South (richest).
- families: The total count of families that received the Bolsa Família benefit.
- funding: The total monetary amount distributed through the Bolsa Família program.
- low_income_families: The overall count of low-income families residing within that particular region.
- pct_served: The percentage of low-income families who were served by the Bolsa Família initiative in that period.
Distribution
The dataset is presented in a tabular format, specifically stored in a CSV file named
Bolsa_Familia_by_Region (1).csv. It contains 7 columns and 385 validated records. The data is tagged under Politics, Government, Categorical, Tabular, and Text data types. The expected update frequency for this data product is never.Usage
This data is suitable for analysing the effectiveness of Brazilian social policy and its spatial distribution. It can be employed to track governmental expenditures on poverty reduction over time and to evaluate the decline in program coverage observed between 2016 and 2017. It is also useful for comparing aid allocation patterns across the five distinct regions of the nation, particularly when correlated with known regional poverty rankings.
Coverage
The data covers the time period starting in January 2011 and concluding in May 2017. Geographically, the data is aggregated by Brazil's five regions. The states included in these aggregations are:
- North: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins.
- Northeast: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe.
- Mid-West: Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Mato Grosso.
- Southeast: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.
- South: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina.
The data tracks the monthly number of beneficiary families, the total funding allocated, and the proportion of low-income families served.
License
CC0: Public Domain.
Who Can Use It
The primary audience includes development economists and poverty researchers interested in measuring the success of conditional cash transfer programs. Government policy analysts can use this resource to assess historical social safety net performance. Academic researchers and journalists focused on Brazilian regional inequality and public spending will find this dataset valuable for time-series analysis.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Bolsa Família: Recipients and Funding by Region (2011–2017)
- Brazilian Conditional Cash Transfer Regional Metrics
- Historical Bolsa Família Coverage and Expenditure
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Original Data Source: Historical Bolsa Família Coverage and Expenditure
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