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Living conditions,
State and public policies
6. Conditions and determinant factors
regulating the access to social policies by the poor.
During the first phase, we developed evaluation activities of public policies in projects with Municipal governments. In 2004, we applied a survey to the poorest 40% of the population in Sao Paulo, based on similar research carried out by CEBRAP in 1991, comparing the results of the two surveys and also expanding the information collected since then.
Following this same path, this project will describe the spatial distribution of the different social groups to find out what type of access the poor have to social policies and public services, with a particular focus on educational tools, bearing in mind their quality and evolution in time, and analyzing their social, cultural and political determinants.
For the 2006-2008 phase we will further explore the analyses already underway in along three directions First we will look at the role of housing to explain living conditions and access top public services, and identify the role housing plays in social segregation and social networks, as well as any environmental inequalities that may exist. From the point of view of methodology, we will explore statistical models, among those spatial models, to test past results and develop new hypotheses.
Finally, we will pursue our political assessments, trying to develop new methodology and analyze policy impact, expanding the policies already addressed and incorporate income transfer policies.
Coordinator: Haroldo Torres, Argelina Figueiredo
Research team: Sandra Gomes, Thais Pavez, Eric Daniele
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Public
policies
