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This seminar will present part of the analysis of the trajectory of social policies to combat poverty in the last thirty years in Brazil. The analysis is focused on the policies of facing extreme poverty in the field of Social Assistance, Food and Nutrition Security and Income Transfer. It will present part of the development of an ongoing research project that shows how the political-ideological orientations translate into institutional arrangements, forms of management and allocation of resources or instruments to empower the State in face of poverty.

Bio note

Adriana Aranha is a Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Public Policy Analyst at the Belo Horizonte City Hall. Social Worker and Master in Public Administration, her research and professional practice has focused on Social Policies. She is currently doing her PhD internship at the Centre for Social Studies, as a PhD student in Public Administration at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.