Weekly Report - 19 April 2018 (WR-18-15)

BRAZIL | Indigence increasing. Extreme poverty increased by 11.2% from 2016 to 2017 to 14.8m, according to a report published by Brazil’s national statistics institute (Ibge) on 11 April. During that 12-month period, over 1.5m people slipped into extreme poverty. The Ibge defines extreme poverty as those living under the threshold of R$136 (US$39) per month or R$1.9 per day (US$0.55).