The ‘coronavoucher’ has pushed Brazil’s poverty to record lows
As Covid-19 has killed some 122,000 Brazilians, it has paradoxically driven down poverty and inequality, at least in the short term
02 September 2020 - 12:34
Brasília/New York — Brazil, which has suffered one of the world’s worst pandemic tolls, has responded to the crisis by distributing so much cash directly to citizens that poverty and inequality are approaching national historic lows.
Some 66-million people, 30% of the population, have been getting 600 reais ($110) a month, making it the most ambitious social programme ever undertaken in Brazil, a shocking shift under President Jair Bolsonaro, who has railed against welfare, dismissed the virus — and now finds himself newly popular...
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