Weekly Report - 22 November 2007 (INNS 1741-7422)

The government's income transfer programme, Bolsa Famí­lia, has resulted in a significant reduction in membership of the landless movement, according to a report by the influential newspaper Folha de São Paulo published last week. Specialists claimed that the slow progress of land reform and the identification of social movements with the administration of President Lula da Silva have also contributed to the fall reported in the number of members of landless movements in Brazil.