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Making the Newest Citizens: Achieving Universal Birth Registration in Contemporary Brazil

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  • Wendy Hunter
  • Natasha Borges Sugiyama

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Identity documentation is essential to secure the rights, benefits, and services that modern states provide. Historically, significant numbers of poor Brazilians lacked core documents, beginning with a birth certificate. In recent years the government has conducted a campaign to rectify this situation. We explore why the state left so many Brazilians without a birth certificate previously and why it became intent on registering all births, as reflected in recent efforts to facilitate the process. Key in this regard is the movement from a social policy orientation that excluded poor Brazilians in the informal sector to one aimed at including them.

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  • Wendy Hunter & Natasha Borges Sugiyama, 2018. "Making the Newest Citizens: Achieving Universal Birth Registration in Contemporary Brazil," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(3), pages 397-412, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:3:p:397-412
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1316378
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