comparative politics

Democracy in Brazil: is it the cause of poverty reduction?
Statement of the problem
The aim of this research topic is to find out whether the correlation between democracy and poverty in Brazil in order to properly ascertain whether it is the democracy that has led to the poverty reduction in the country or not.
Preliminary literature review
Numerous researches have been conducted about the economic situation of Brazil and its democracy and it is evident that there is an economic link but none has specifically given conclusive evidence of the democracy link to poverty and its correlation. According to a report by the Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI, 2006), Brazil is one of the Latin American countries that has fought poverty after its democratization and hence indicating a link between poverty and democratization. The same link is supported by Fukuyama, Diamond and Plattner (2012) who discuss the relationship in detail and sheds more light into there being a relationship between the two in Brazil.
Research questions
The research question therefore remains to be: is the democracy in Brazil the cause of poverty reduction? The other research question pertaining to this topic is: is there a correlation between democracy and poverty in Brazil?