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***CANCELLED***The Brazilian strategy for reducing poverty, hunger, & inequality (2003 -2015)...

19 November 2019, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm

Tereza Campello

The Brazilian strategy for reducing poverty, hunger, and inequality (2003 -2015) and what is at stake now!

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Oscar Martinez

Location

103
Institute of the Americas
51 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PN
United Kingdom

Different studies show that Brazil underwent significant social changes between 2003-2015. Undernourishment was reduced by 82% and over 36 million people (mostly black) were taken out of extreme poverty and given access to water, sewage, education, and consumer goods. Why, then, was it so necessary to interrupt this trajectory?

About the Speaker

Tereza Campello

Tereza Campello is a Brazilian economist and Doctor in Public Health. She was the minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger between 2011 and 2016, during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff. In this role, Min. Campello oversaw the implementation of key poverty alleviation programmes, including “Brazil sem Miséria” (Brazil without Extreme Poverty) and the globally known CCT programme, Bolsa Família.