This paper uses national data from Brazil to explore how groups at the intersection of race, class, gender and spatial inequalities fared in relation to indicators of poverty, labor market engagement and well-being that have been highlighted by the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. The analysis covers the period 2004 to 2013 when income inequality was declining in Brazil. It therefore allows us to investigate how socially marginalized groups in the country experienced this overall decline in inequality and to explore some of the explanations as to why and how.
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