"Um olhar mais detalhado a partir de determinados ramos de atividades comerciais e de serviços, principalmente aqueles que são mais relevantes no cotidiano da sociedade, proporciona a compreensão das novas relações entre consumo, reestruturação urbana e reestruturação das cidades....

Acknowledged the importance of the Road transportation to Brazilian economy, especially when considering cargo transportation, Ipea has studied the main economical and institutional problems that involve Brazilian roads. Firstly, we present an overview of the road system from 1950's expansion to...

One of the most important social achievements that took place in the second half of XX century in almost all the developing countries was the mortality reduction. This benefited all age groups and brought about a large increase in life expectancy. Also, this has resulted that more and more...