This paper provides a review of economic studies that analyse the use of multiple policies to cope with waste management problems. In this paper, we discuss the factors that influence selective sorting behaviour and the most appropriate policies for their promotion. The evolution of regulation...

The educational crisis in the southern regions is now becoming increasinglyclear, especially in urban areas, where the largest concentration of school dropcoincides with the highest poverty conditions of families. This, in particular,relates to technical and vocational schools and the first two...

The neoclassical economic theory and the agglomeration economies literature completely overlook the importance of environmental and sustainability issues, so they cannot answer to the question whether economic sustained growth and environmental sustainability can be combined. In order to gain...

On the basis that the development of new infrastructures and the modernization of the existing ones is in general a fundamental precondition to foster economic growth and social cohesion, the editorial focuses on the public policies that can effectively accompany the liberalization process in...

Governments' financial constraints, on one side, and the need of support by private firmsin facing the globalised competition and the actual economic crisis, on the other one, ask forthe revision and rationalization of industrial public policies. Now, more than ever, it is importantto highlight...

software involved. We provide empirical evidence that F/OSS support is stronger in countries i) where e-government services are more largely available, and ii) where the domestic software industry is lagging behind. This evidence supports common views among F/OSS advocates.

Este texto pretende comparar as políticas de o incentivo à produção de etanol e biodiesel no Brasil e no mundo, mostrando como este último pode evitar os erros recorrentes do primeiro e permitir um desenvolvimento econômico e social mais eqüitativo. Ressalta-se que o etanol teve uma...

O trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar alguns elementos que nortearam as políticas públicas de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional nos anos desde 1970 até os dias atuais, que permitam discutir o papel de iniciativas de segurança alimentar e nutricional e os impactos no consumo o consumo de...

O artigo apresenta as contribuições do Direito, Ciência Política e Agricultura Sociológica para compreender melhor as relações que se estabelecem entre os atores do CAI do fumo e o Estado brasileiro no que concerne à formulação de políticas públicas para o referido setor. Para tanto,...