Brazil's Human Development Index has significantly improved, reaching 0.805, attributed to its cash-transfer scheme and strategic public spending. The report addresses backlash against the narrative that such schemes discourage work.

UN report reveals the country’s cash-transfer scheme has played a key role in raising its Human Development Index score from 0.744 in 2012 to 0.805 in 2024, on a scale from 0 to 1; as Brazil enters election cycle, the far-right narrative that the scheme discourages people from working draws backlash