This reflection is part of a larger project whose goal is to produce suggestions for reshaping the planning process of the federal government and, further, offering elements of methodological and organizational nature for the preparation of the Multiyear Plan (PPA) 2016-2019. The idea of...

This paper gives a general overview of the evolution of labour market indicators between 1995 and 2005 in Brazil. It shows an overall increase in formal employment rates from 2001 to 2005, as opposite to what had happened from 1995 to 1999. It is argued that such recent trends might indicate the...