Institution

Bolsa Família

2003– · 21st century

Bolsa Família is a Brazilian social programme that pays monthly cash transfers to poor families on condition that their children attend school and are vaccinated. Created in 2003 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by merging earlier schemes, it reached about a quarter of the population and is credited with sharply reducing extreme poverty. Renamed Auxílio Brasil under Jair Bolsonaro, it was restored under its old name in 2023.

Bolsa Família
Image: Secretaria de Comunicação Social / Governo Federal do Brasil · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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New Republic (Brazil)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bolsa Família. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bolsa-familia
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“Bolsa Família.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bolsa-familia. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Bolsa Família.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bolsa-familia.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Bolsa Família’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bolsa-familia (Accessed: ).

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