Fome Zero

Fome Zero (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɔmi ˈzɛɾu], Zero Hunger) is a program of the Government of Brazil created by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2003, with the goal to end hunger and extreme poverty in Brazil.

The program had many forms, from direct financial aid to the poorest families (with the Bolsa Família card) to creating water cisterns in Brazil's semi-arid areas to support family farming and giving access to microcredit.

An economic evaluation of Bolsa Escola did find significant effects on both school attendance rates and the number of children involved in child labor.^[1]^[2]

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[1] SSRN-Ex-ante Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: The Case of Bolsa Escola by Francois Bourguignon, Francisco Ferreira, Phillippe Leite

[WBANKRESULTS-2] "RAWLINGS, Laura B. e RUBIO, Gloria M. Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs - Lessons from Latin America, Volume 1, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3119, August 2003, The World Bank, 2003". Archived from the original on 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-16.

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