Brazil focuses on nurseries, schools and jobs to fight poverty

From Global development | The Guardian Mon Nov 24 2014, 12:34:57

Tereza Campello, Brazil's social development minister, says higher wages and bolsa familia have reduced inequality; now education will do even more

Expanding nursery provision, improving educational standards and providing more vocational training to adults will be at the heart of Brazil's efforts to fight poverty and inequality over the next few years, according to the country's social development minister.

While she trumpeted the successes of the bolsa familia poverty-relief programme - the cash handout given to almost a quarter of Brazilian families on condition that their children go to school and get vaccinated - Tereza Campello insisted that the country still had a long way to go in creating a fairer and more prosperous society.

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