This work is a compilation of studies produced at the Social Studies Department - Disoc/Ipea to support the elaboration of the document Brazil: the state of the Union - 2007. Health outcomes in the last decades, health policies after 1988 and the role of the government in health care are...

This paper attempts to evaluate public sector expenditure efficiency comparing Brazil with other Latin American countries for the period 1998-2002. We first computed a composite index, comprising economic and social indicators, to measure public sector performance. Efficiency of expenditure was...

This Discussion Paper deals with the institutional and economic aspects of the Brazilian federative state according to the 1988 Constitution. The context of vertical coordination of urban infrastructure investments is then examined. Previous studies have shown that the benefits of economic...

This paper attempts to evaluate public sector expenditure efficiency comparing Brazil with other Latin American countries for the period 1998-2002. We first computed a composite index, comprising economic and social indicators, to measure public sector performance. Efficiency of expenditure was...

This work is a compilation of studies produced at the Social Studies Department - Disoc/Ipea to support the elaboration of the document "Brazil: the state of the Union - 2007". Health outcomes in the last decades, health policies after 1988 and the role of the government in health care are...

This Discussion Paper deals with the institutional and economic aspects of the Brazilian federative state according to the 1988 Constitution. The context of vertical coordination of urban infrastructure investments is then examined. Previous studies have shown that the benefits of economic...

The present work aims to analyze consolidated changes and still pending change proposals to the Constitutional Financing Funds in the Federal Congress. The issue at stake that we seek to emphasize is the close dispute over funds' resources, as we believe that they are important instruments for...

Portuguese Abstract: As cidades que se reinventam devem se atentar à inclusão social e tecnologias verdes, aliadas à gestão inteligente do território para o desenvolvimento urbano sustentável de novos territórios. Este artigo objetiva identificar os conceitos de Cidades Inteligentes e...

A palavra governança vem servindo para designar diferentes formas de governar, particularmente aquelas mais sensíveis às demandas da população e que estimulem a inserção dos movimentos sociais nos processos decisórios. No Brasil, “governança ambiental” é usado, em geral, para se...

Spanish Abstract: La consolidación de mercados de tierra en economías en países en vías de desarrollo es una alternativa de crecimiento necesaria y viable que requiere, entre otros elementos, la comprensión de los mecanismos de generación de precios de la tierra rural. En la ciencia...