BRAZIL

The numbers presented in the brief are based on the regional data harmonization effort known as Socio-economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC) -

a joint effort of the World Bank and CEDLAS from the National University of La Plata (Argentina). SEDLAC includes 18 countries and more than 300 household surveys since

the 80s. Several Caribbean countries have not been included in the SEDLAC project due to lack of data. Since income-based welfare aggregate is widely used in the region

for official poverty estimates, income-based microdata is used for the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) and Global Poverty Monitoring. SEDLAC covers demographics,

income, employment, and education. Terms of use of the data adhere to agreements with the original data producers.

To make meaningful international comparisons, poverty is calculated using the same methodology across countries, i.e. same consumption aggregate and poverty line. For

this purpose, the World Bank publishes poverty rates calculated a three poverty lines: US$1.90 a day, in 2011 PPP terms, US$3.2 a day, in 2011 PPP terms, and US$5.5 a day,

in 2011 PPP terms. For Brazil we report only the latter. National poverty rates are estimated using the unofficial poverty lines of R$70 and R$140 per capita per month (in

June 2011 prices) based on the thresholds used to determine eligibility in the Brasil Sem Miséria Plan and the Bolsa Família Program.

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Poverty rate (Percentage)

National Poverty Line Upper Middle IC Line

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International Line

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Growth Distribution

Shared Prosperity

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