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The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and New Agrarian Questions in Brazil

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST) primarily organized occupations of large‐scale farms, forcing the redistribution of land for creation of agrarian reform settlements. In the past 20 years, however, land occupations and the establishment of new agrarian reform settlements have consistently declined, while the MST shifted ...
Estevan Coca, Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira
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Orçamento familiar e gênero: percepções do Programa Bolsa Família Family income and gender: perceptions of the Family Aid Program

Cadernos de Pesquisa, 2012
O estudo apresenta os resultados de uma investigação etnográfica realizada entre os participantes do Programa Bolsa Família no município de Campinas, Estado de São Paulo.
André Pires
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Bridging Equity Gaps in Maternal and NCD Services: Policy Priorities for Bangladesh's Evolving Health Landscape

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Over the past decade, Bangladesh has made significant gains in maternal and child health, driven by investments in community‐based services, education, and targeted public health interventions. However, disparities in service access and a growing burden of non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to undermine the promise of ...
Abdullaha Al Mamun
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Tuberculosis: income inequality and interaction of the Family Health Strategy and the Bolsa Família Program

Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2017
This study aimed to verify tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality behavior in areas covered by the Family Health Strategy and Bolsa Família Program, with or with no income inequality.
Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Maria Concebida da Cunha Garcia, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Mellina Yamamura, Marcelino Santos Neto, Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues, Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz, Inês Fronteira, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio   +8 more
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Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1778-1790, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
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The impact on consumption of more cash in conditional cash transfer programs

Economia Aplicada, 2013
This paper evaluates the impact of an increase in the value of the cash transfer paid to families by the Brazilian Bolsa Família program. The existence of a similar program in the state of Ceará, Bolsa Cidadão, that increases the value received by a sub ...
André Oliveira Ferreira Loureiro, Marcos Costa Holanda   +1 more
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Associations Between Severe Food Insecurity and Food Addiction in Brazilian Low‐Income Women

European Eating Disorders Review, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 1111-1120, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective The present study aims to assess the distribution of food addiction (FA) across different levels of food insecurity (FI) in Brazilian women of reproductive age living in poverty, and to investigate the association between FA and FI. Method This is a cross‐sectional study conducted between October 2020 and May 2021 in 40 urban favelas
Amanda Ribeiro Berta, Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro Silva‐Neto, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Nassib Bezerra Bueno, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio, Ana Paula Grotti Clemente, Giovana Longo‐Silva, Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes   +7 more
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When Food Becomes a Public Issue: Policy Trajectories and the Public Arena of Food Security in Belo Horizonte

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how food insecurity became established as a public problem in Belo Horizonte by tracing the actors, disputes, and framings shaping this arena over time. Drawing on historical sources and 37 key‐informant interviews (2024–2025), it adopts a public‐arena approach understanding public problems as being constituted through ...
Lucas Barbi, Waleska Caiaffa, Solimar Carnavalli Rocha, Helen Pineo, Elis Borde   +4 more
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Reconhecimento, redistribuição e as ambivalências do discurso sobre o Bolsa Família

Ciências Sociais Unisinos, 2009
The article analyzes the Bolsa Família, the main Brazilian income transfer program, by approaching it through the debate recognition-redistribution.
Josué Pereira da Silva
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What's the worth of a promise? Evaluating the long‐term effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India

Economica, Volume 93, Issue 371, Page 863-886, July 2026.
Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ (ABAD), a unique conditional cash transfer programme implemented in the north Indian state of Haryana from 1994 to 1998. The programme provided bonds to female beneficiaries at birth, redeemable on attaining 18 years of age, if they remained unmarried. In particular, we examine
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
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