Advance and stagnation

The most recent edition of this study, carried out by the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS), showed that, of those born into families that make up the poorest 25% in Brazil, 48% remain in this income range when they reach adulthood. It is as if they were born condemned to be poor. They will continue in the same situation as their parents. If nothing changes, their children will have the same fate, as will their children’s children.