Spatial characterization of poverty in the state of Bahia: an analysis of the 2010 Census

This work aims to make a characterization of poverty in the State of Bahia. To this end, it was made the use of spatial analysis tools, understanding that they are very important instruments to aid analysis in several areas of study. Thus, it was possible to measure the most diverse geographic scenarios faster and efficiency. This enables also greater agility in decision making, both businesses and governments in the implementation of intervention policies. And in the case of this study, the proposal for more effective public policies to combat poverty, as the study presents a multidimensional look at this issue from the proposal of the Poverty Index (IMP) and compared to the Index ranking Human Development Index (HDI), which is demonstrated by the results found, the it is an efficient index for study of spatial poverty in the state of Bahia