This paper analyzes how three departments of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz implemented the Knowledge Management Framework for the Brazilian Public Administration as well as the KM implementation method presented in a book published by the Institute of Applied Economic Research - Ipea...

This study presents the levels of Knowledge management maturity of 73 organizations, 66 of which are Brazilian public organizations from the federal government. Moreover, the paper highlights the main strong and weak points identified in those organizations for KM success and it points out...

This work analyzes the course of cultural policies in Brazil from a categorization of the area based on data that integrate the Catalog Platform of Public Policies. The starting point is a theoretical, conceptual, and historical analysis of the emergence of cultural policies broadly and their...

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...

This discussion paper presents a methodology to visualize the effects of various influences on the income distribution. The methodology, although not new, has become very popular in the past few years. It is the method of counterfactual simulations. In other words, it is the use of "what if...

The Travel Cost Method (TCM) estimates recreational use values through the analysis of travel expenditures incurred by consumers to enjoy recreational activities. The multiple destination or multipurpose problems arise when tourists either visit other attractions or have any other purpose in the...