Gabriel Barros, chief economist in ARX Investmentos, said the best way to reduce dependence on Bolsa Familia beneficiaries is to invest in improving education quality instead of increasing the volume of financial transfers.
The government must reduce the duration of the stay in the Paulla Familia program from two years to a year. The new departure rules from the program after the beneficiary gets an official contract It should be announced by the end of this month.
On Tuesday, the president said if not Brazil cannot be “poor forever” and lives on Paula Vamilia.
“I went back to the presidency To prove that this country cannot be poor foreverHe lives forever with the Paula family. “We need to make people graduate and learn a profession,” Betista said.
In an interview with Cnn moneyBarros noted that there is no unique solution to get people out of the social aid network, but a set of measures that Brazil needs to be adopted.
The economist said: “Education, of course, is the medium and long structural path,” noting that the problem is not in low education, but in the quality of this investment.
Structural challenges and inefficiency
The economist also referred to other structural challenges that need to be confronted with reducing dependence on social programs such as Polsa Familia.
Among them, the most prominent need for a Tax system More rational, larger Legal security For medium and long -term investments, improvement in Organizational qualityEspecially in the infrastructure sector.
Barros criticized the spraying of the country’s general income transfer policies and defended the integration of social programs to increase efficiency.
The effects of increased interest value
The economist also commented on the significant increase in the average value of Paula Familia, which moved from around R $ 190 For more than P. 600 dollars.
According to Barros, this increase, in addition to growth in the number of useful families, produces negative side effects on the labor supply in some sectors of the economy.
In addition, the expert warned of problems in the quality of the individual registry, which lost the event as a reference to give benefits. Barros defended the need to quickly apply on the agenda of the digital government to improve the management and efficiency of social policies.
Finally, the economist stressed the importance of improving government information systems to reduce fraud and ensure that the resources are truly needed.
“Since the feature is scarce, it is important to curb this fraud with a resource for the people who really need it,” Barros concluded.
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