In March, the federal government relaunched Bolsa Família with a minimum value of BRL 600, supplemented by an additional BRL 150 for children under 6 years old.
The number of people living in extreme poverty in Brazil rose from 6.6 percent of the population in 2016 to 7,4 percent in 2017—13.5 million to 15.2 million.
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