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Workfare Programmes in Brazil: An evaluation of their Performance Sonia Rocha, May 2001 Workfare programmes have been traditionally used in Brazil in order to lighten the effects of drought that periodically strikes rural semi-arid areas in the Northeast. Only recently they have been applied in urban areas where declining employment and income were prompted by the slow-down in economic activity. This paper outlines the characteristics of workfare programmes implemented in Brazil in the second half of the nineties. It makes an assessment of the impacts the programmes actually had - or could have had if implement as planned - on employment, income and poverty. Some critical operational aspects, like focus and training, are discussed, as well as the need to design social programmes aimed at well defined target clienteles. Click here for full document in PDF |
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Updated by LD. Approved by GS. Last update: 1 August 2001.