Fome Zero

Fome Zero (, Zero Hunger) is a program of the Government of Brazil created by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2003, with the goal to end hunger and extreme poverty in Brazil.

The program had many forms, from direct financial aid to the poorest families (with the Bolsa Família card) to creating water cisterns in Brazil's semi-arid areas to support family farming and giving access to microcredit.

An economic evaluation of Bolsa Escola did find significant effects on both school attendance rates and the number of children involved in child labor.SSRN-Ex-ante Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: The Case of Bolsa Escola by Francois Bourguignon, Francisco Ferreira, Phillippe Leite

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