This study describes China's tax system and the applied tax policies against the covid-19 crisis, which were the Value Added Tax (VAT) deferral and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) deductions. China has a tax system following international standards, having a unified and decentralized tax agency. The...

The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...

The study evaluates the performance the process of the social participation around of the national conventions of the public policies, that they had taken place in 2003 to 2006, putting in relief the improvement and the challenge.

The main question of this paper is whether the bids and contracts undertaken by the State could collaborate with the public-regulation of the labor market in Brazil. The present moment is conducive to the formulation of this question because there is a bill in National Congress proposing...

This article examines the use and dissemination of the concept of participation in environmental and development policies, focusing on implementation of local councils in Brazil - especially those linked to socio-environmental issues. The hypothesis advanced here is that the current use of the...

This work focuses on the public policy of solidary economy in the federal government, which began to be implemented in 2003 with the creation of the Senaes, inserted at the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The main objective is to analyze the mechanisms by which the theme of solidary economy...

This article presents new monthly estimates of the gross fixed capital formation of the Brazilian general government for the 2002-2010 years. A significant research effort was made to carry out the estimations. First, the many differences between the concepts of "public investment" (as used in...

Social management is presented as a counterpoint to the strategic management to the extent that its dialogic nature promotes participation and sharing of decisions. In this context, in the midst of the Brazilian re-democratization process, emerge instances and mechanisms of social participation,...