This paper tries do motivate the discussion of evaluation problems in the context of social programs. Initially, the text explores the point of view that social programs should be recognized as complex organizations. In the case, there are multiple objectives, decentralization, and coordination...

The present article studies three mechanisms for estimulating the creation and sustainability of Intermunicipal Health Consortia (IHC). First, the incentives for sustainability can be aligned by using suitable transfers from the Central Government to the members of the consortia...

The main goal of this paper is to analyze the increase of Brazilian formal employment growth rate in the last decade. The evidence suggests that this acceleration is due to a reversal in the trend of the average number of employees per establishment. More detailed investigations show evidence...