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From CCT s to a social investment welfare state? Brazil's ‘new’ pro‐poor strategy
Author(s) -
Fenwick Tracy Beck
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12247
Subject(s) - presidency , argument (complex analysis) , conditional cash transfer , political science , state (computer science) , public administration , politics , government (linguistics) , social policy , cash transfers , social welfare , investment (military) , public relations , law , poverty , algorithm , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
The changes in Brazil's pro‐poor strategy from the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to that of Dilma Roussef have received little analysis. Based on a qualitative research approach that includes media analysis, semi‐structured interviews with local level elites, NGO representatives and Brazilian policy experts, the central argument here is that, although it is true that this ‘new’ approach closely approximates a European‐style social investment agenda that goes beyond the policy intentions of Conditional Cash Transfers ( CCT s), in reality it continues to prioritize ‘expanding access to complementary services’ over improving the ‘quality’ of publicly provided services. Using the example of Brasil Carinhoso , one of the federal government's priority programmes within the Brasil Sem Miséria programme designed to be complementary to Bolsa Família , the article outlines the initial challenges facing this emerging agenda, along with its key political constraints.