“…On the other hand, she disregards processes of capacity building and the development of political agendas that point to a greater integration of the programme within the Brazilian social protection system, supporting the integration of social policies — in particular social assistance, health and education — and increasing the inclusion of populations traditionally invisible to the state. As demonstrated by several studies (Bichir, ; Colin et al., ; Jaccoud et al., ; Paiva et al., ), instruments developed in conjunction with Bolsa Família, most notably the Cadastro Único — Single Register — and its stronger articulation in the Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS) — Unified Social Assistance System — enhanced the potential for integration between different social policies over the course of the PT governments, enabling articulation between targeting strategies and universal policies. Lavinas also ignores the literature addressing the impacts of the programme in different social spheres, from the reduction of child mortality indicators (Rasella et al., ), to improved school performance among children of low‐income families (Simões and Sabates, ), to enhanced food and nutritional security (Cotta and Machado, ), which run counter to the claim that social policy was solely a means of pursuing inclusion via consumption.…”