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Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes

Second Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development Inter-American Committee on Social Development (CIDES) - OAS. “SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY INTERSECTORIALITY ”. Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger of Brazil (MDS).

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Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes

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  1. Second Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Social Development Inter-American Committee on Social Development (CIDES) - OAS “SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY INTERSECTORIALITY” Márcia Helena Carvalho Lopes Minister of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger of Brazil (MDS) Cali, 8-9 July 2010

  2. INTERSETORIALITY OF SOCIAL POLICIES Theoretical-methodological basis - Democratic State of Rights (political option and decision)- Universalization of the Access to Rights- Structure Public Policies on Universal Systems- Integration and Coordination of the several dimensions of social needs- Work through intersectorial Network (new culture of management)- Joint Management with social participation (social control)- Monitoring and Evaluation Systems - Information Systems- Human Resources Policy

  3. BRAZIL • Population: 193 million inhabitants • Federation: • Union • 26 states • A Federal District • 5,565 municipalities • Population served by MDS: about 70 million people • GDP (2009): R$ 3.1trillions(*) (US$ 1.7 trillions) • Poverty rate (2008): 28.8% (*) • Gini Index (2008) : 0.544 (*) • (*) Source: Caderno Destaques

  4. Brazilian Government Commitment (2003-2010): To Eradicate Hunger and Reduce Poverty in Brazil with development and income distribution Main Sectorial Policies

  5. Brazilian Government Single Registry of Social Programs Intersectorial Tools

  6. Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger

  7. Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger • Social Assistance including Food Security and Income Transfer

  8. Integration to Generate Job and Income Opportunities Job and income generation for BolsaFamilia beneficiaries Program of professional inclusion in the National Biodiesel Industry National Program of Family Farming Microcredit Programs (Banco do Nordeste do Brasil) National Program of Oriented Productive Microcredit Professional qualification program in the civil construction and tourism – Next step 173 thousand vacancies in the civil construction and tourism areas 249 municipalities and 22 capitals R$ 167 million (US$ 94 million) in investment

  9. Results • Brazil has reached the proposed goal of reducing poverty (1/2) before the final term (2015) • The number of Brazilians below the extreme poverty line was reduced from 26.8 % in 1990 to 4.8% in 2008, i.e., less than a fifth (1/5) of the number verified in 1990 • More than 24 million people got out of the poverty situation between 2003 and 2008 • Brazil has overcome the MDG 1 of reducing hunger by half until 2015 • Child malnutrition decreased: from 12.5% to 4.8% between 2003 and 2008 • Child labor rate was reduced: 53.7% - between1998 and 2008 • More than 2 million children and adolescents from 5 to 15 years old are away from child labor • Unemployment rate decreased: from 9.3 to 7.2 between 2003 and 2008 • Creation of new jobs: more than 12 million between 2003 and 2010

  10. Challenges • In Brazil, there is still 8.9 million people in the situation of extreme poverty (MDG Report 2010) • Inequities continue: • In the rural area, poverty is three times bigger than in the urban area • In 2008, the percentage of black or brown poor was more than double the proportion of white poor. • More than 2 million children and adolescents are still in the situation of child labor (PNAD 2008)

  11. Thank you! • Márcia Lopes • ministra.mds@mds.gov.br • 55-61- 3433-1001 • BRASIL

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