Home Good Bites Brazil Slashes Extreme Poverty by 89% in a Decade Good Bites Brazil Slashes Extreme Poverty by 89% in a Decade By Good News Network - Mar 23, 2014 Brazil has reduced the number of its citizens living in extreme poverty by 89% in the last 10 years through the Bolsa Família income support program, with 70% of recipients being the working poor who now buy products and bolster the economy. Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.