From Means‐Test Schemes to Basic Income in Brazil: Exceptionality and Paradox

Lena Lavinas

International Social Security Review, 2006, vol. 59, issue 3, 103-125

Abstract: This article reflects upon probabilities for the progressive implementation of a basic income in Brazil and presents a proposal to that end. It considers short‐ to medium‐term prospects within a context that lacks a tradition of universal policies. Although a Law approving the right to a basic income became effective in 2005, Brazilian social policies are increasingly focused on increasing the number of means‐tested income programmes while making them conditional on a proven lack of resources and targeting only the very poorest segments of society for a limited period. Such is the case with the Bolsa‐Família programme, which is at the forefront of the Brazilian government's agenda. Our proposal is to progressively move from means‐tested programmes to a basic income through the adoption of a universal child benefit scheme.

Date: 2006
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