This paper tries to contribute to the current discussion on sharing rules of royalties in Brazil from theoretical and empirical reflections about fiscal federalism and from a comparative analysis of the experiences of oil producing countries that, as our example, organize themselves like...

This paper tries to contribute to the current discussion on sharing rules of royalties in Brazil from theoretical and empirical reflections about fiscal federalism and from a comparative analysis of the experiences of oil producing countries that, as our example, organize themselves like...

The paper aims to analyze, in a historical perspective, as well as in a theoretical view, the unity and the contradiction between national economies and capitalism. On the one hand, in a historical perspective, it demonstrates that the unity takes place in the period of consolidation of...

The paper aims to analyze, in a historical perspective, as well as in a theoretical view, the unity and the contradiction between national economies and capitalism. On the one hand, in a historical perspective, it demonstrates that the unity takes place in the period of consolidation of...

Currently, a large amount of the Federal Government's resources is being applied in the implementation of the São Francisco river water transfer project in the Northeast region of Brazil. This project aims to increase water supply for multiple uses in part of the Semi-Arid Northeastern region....

The rise in agricultural prices to alarming levels since 2007 characterized the agrinflation phenomenon. Because of the increase in food prices and the expectation of strong population growth in the coming years, the issue of land grabbing by foreigners in the world has been drawing the...

This study aimed to discuss environmental sustainability issues of the Brazilian agricultural sector, regarding aspects such as the impacts of the sector's growth on the natural environment, current policies and strategies needed to mitigate these impacts. Historically, agricultural policies...

Public irrigation policy in Brazil aims to promote socioeconomic development focusing on economically disadvantaged regions that have agricultural potential. In the Northeast region, fruit exploitation plays an important role in the production. Irrigation projects in this region is an essential...