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1. @Ipea researchers have simulated the coverage of the new #EmergencyBasicIncome. A preferred estimate yields a coverage of 107.2 million people (51% of the pop), assuming a take-up rate of 50% for those eligible who are not in the single registry. Read: bit.ly/39GpXwd. 
@ipea 2. Brazil is trying to encourage informal workers to #StayAtHome and/or to compensate them for the decreased demand for their services. Government will struggle to register and pay informal workers who are not in social registries linked to electronic payment mechanisms.
@ipea 3. Effective coverage will be affected by registration and payment challenges and eligibility information. However, those informal workers who already receive Bolsa Familia or are at least registered in the single registry are likely to have a 100% take-up.
