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Article • GEOUSP 26 (3) • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2179-0892.geousp.2022.197732.en   copy

The Indispensable State: public spending and direct income transfer during the Covid-19 pandemic

Cuando el Estado importa: gasto gubernamental y transferencia de renta directa en la Pandemia de Covid-19

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Abstract

The money flow from direct income transfers, as well as public employee salaries, cushioned the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on municipal economies. Based on this premise, we show the coverage and regional aspects of direct income transfer programs advocating the positive effects of social policies of a distributive nature for the most vulnerable fraction of the Brazilian population.

Keywords:
Government expenditures; Transfer of income; Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil

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