Unraveling Poverty: Reflections from the Financial Management of the Public Fund in Brazil

Authors

  • Darana Carvalho de Azevedo

  • Evilasio da Silva Salvador

Keywords:

poverty, financial capitalism; social politics; public fund

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the State s conformations in the scope of the financial management of public resources in the context of capitalism under financial predominance pointing out its correlation with the consequences of poverty in Brazil To this end it analyzes the tax bases that finance social policies in Brazil and the management of social expenses using data extracted from the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil and the SIGA Brasil system in the period from 2016 to 2019 corresponding to the beginning of the New Fiscal Regime of greater fiscal austerity The results indicate a higher incidence of taxes on the poorest population in addition to a significant decrease in actions linked to social policies that are so important in combating poverty to the detriment of the allocation of public resources for the payment of financial expenses with interest charges and amortization of the public debt

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How to Cite

Darana Carvalho de Azevedo, & Evilasio da Silva Salvador. (2023). Unraveling Poverty: Reflections from the Financial Management of the Public Fund in Brazil. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 23(E2), 1–14. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/103735

Unraveling Poverty: Reflections from the Financial Management of the Public Fund in Brazil

Published

2023-07-03