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The article discusses the Brazil government's efforts to reduce poverty from the 1980s through the mid 2010s. An overview of the Brazilian President Inácio Lula da Silva's economic reforms, including his program known as the Bolsa Família (Family Grant) program that provided economic assistance to poor families in extreme poverty, is provided.

The article discusses the role that the development electric power plays in improving the living conditions of poor people and reducing poverty in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. An overview of the role that developing countries' policies play in bringing electric power to their countries' poor people is provided. The role that international humanitarian assistance to help fund electric power in developing countries, including in regard to the U.S. President Barack Obama's Power Africa initiative, is discussed.