The present article studies an institution that has been widely adopted by Brazilian health districts in recent years. It consists of a new organizational structure in which neighboring districts form a partnership to supply specialized health care services that otherwise would be difficult to...

This paper focuses on the changes in income and activity sectors on the economically active rural population (EAP) between 1996 and 2006. Besides a brief introduction, its divide into more tree parts. The first part analyzes the changes in income and activity sectors based on the National...