Governança e pobreza: uma análise para países

Abstract

Due to the premise that good governance is an important instrument for combating poverty, it is relevant to understand how these greatness relate. The objective was to analyze the relationship between governance and countries’ poverty, not only in their absolute focus, poverty incidence and income index, but also in the multidimensional concept, evaluated through the dimensions of health and education. The data used are from the World Bank and cover the period 1996 to 2014. The method used was panel data. The main results suggest that governance, portrayed by the voice and accountability indicator, is positively associated with life expectancy and negative with the poverty rate. Thus, better governance indicators, which integrate with the institutional environment of the countries, can have health impacts, providing poverty reduction. This indicates that population participation and institutional aspects related to freedom are important elements for the development and overcoming of deprivations, promoting the reduction of poverty in its multidimensional aspect.