Alvorada transformed it, says the district's finance secretary, Jarbas Pereira Ricardo, who is a member of Mr Cardoso's party.
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Projeto Alvorada as obscure as Fome Zero is famous was the Cardoso government's way of funnelling the bulk of these benefits to the poorest districts, along with investment in public services such as sanitation and schools.