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COVID-19 Inequalities in Brazil: Health, Education, and Social Assistance Policies

In: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality

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  • Elize Massard Fonseca

    (Getulio Vargas Foundation)

  • Catarina Ianni Segatto

    (Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br))

  • Francisco Inacio Bastos

    (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz))

Abstract

This chapter reflects on the COVID-19 health emergency and inequalities in Brazil. It relies on secondary sources to describe disparities in health, education, and social assistance. Studies in health and education inequalities suggest great variation in the impact of the pandemic among different jurisdictions and socioeconomic groups. Brazil’s strongest response was in social assistance policy, which relied on a conditional cash transfer structure to expand benefits to vulnerable populations. Yet, its design and monitoring systems were inadequate, which had consequences for many families receiving benefits.

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  • Elize Massard Fonseca & Catarina Ianni Segatto & Francisco Inacio Bastos, 2023. "COVID-19 Inequalities in Brazil: Health, Education, and Social Assistance Policies," Global Perspectives on Wealth and Distribution, in: Shirley Johnson-Lans (ed.), The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality, chapter 0, pages 69-84, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gpochp:978-3-031-22219-1_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22219-1_4
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