Cadernos de Estudos Desenvolvimento Social em Debate. N 21. Social program access and occupational mobility panel study: presentation and methodological contributions

Abstract

The expansion of the scope and scale of social policy since the promulgation of the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, and particularly over the last 12 years, has led to a process of strengthening of the National System of Statistics and to the structuring of monitoring and evaluation units of policies and programs in the ministries, states and local governments. The activities of formulation, following and analysis of social policies and programs have been improved, requiring more reliable statistics, indicators and studies in new areas, more regular updates, with more geographic details and consideration to specific population segments and target groups that are already attended or to be attended. In its ten years of existence, the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS) is also a protagonist of this process, with increasingly investments in the development of evaluative studies, as well as the conduction of researches that gather primary data, and the structuring databases and indicators to support the management and the design of policies and programs. Thus, the Secretariat for Evaluation and Information Management (SAGI) plays a central role, though not exclusively, in these activities with nationally and internationally recognized merit.