Análise da pobreza multidimensional no Brasil

Abstract

This article aims to present new perspectives for the understanding of multidimensional poverty in Brazil in the years 2006-2012. Unprecedented methodology for Brazil, built by Bourguignon and Chakravarty (2003), which presents a new alternative way of measuring was used multidimensionality of poverty. With data from the National Survey by Household Sampling (PNAD), with reference to the basic needs approach and the Capability Theory, which defines poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon. The results of the six dimensions analyzed revealed a reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor of Brazil's population, 24.24 % in 2006 to 21.23% in 2012. Isolated for analysis of metropolitan, urban and rural regions, it was found that poverty was more intense in the rural region. And among Brazilian regions the most serious situation of deprivation are the North and Northeast regions. Therefore, although the results of the work have shown a reduction in the degree of vulnerability of households, there is still a significant portion of the population in poverty.