Improvement in life expectancy and population ageing are worldwide phenomena that distinguish the demographic dynamics of nowadays societies. Therefore functional dependency and the quality of life of the frail elderly have grown into major issues in public agenda. This text aims to present and...

Based on the principles of universality and equality and the guideline of integrality, the Brazilian Public Healthcare System, called Unified Health System (SUS), was constituted as a regionalized and hierarchical services network. There is the recognizing of interdependence between...

Brazil?s trajectory in the field of income transfers is quite well known internationally. Especially after the implementation of Bolsa Família, Brazil?s experiences in the field have been the object of constant references, studies and analyses. Such experiences were even used as a foundation...

A trajetória do Brasil no campo das transferências de renda é bastante conhecida internacionalmente. Sobretudo após a implementação do Bolsa Família, as experiências brasileiras nesta área têm sido objeto de constantes referências, estudos e análises. Tais experiências foram...

[Introduction ...] The paper is divided into six sections, including this introduction. Section 2 briefly describes the 1988 constitution and its main contributions to the policies under discussion. Section 3 examines cash transfer programmes under social assistance: the Continuous Cash Benefit...

This paper analyzes the recent trajectory of social security in Brazil from the evolution of the contributive and no contributive income guarantee programs. The Brazilian social protection has gone through important changes in recent years, on the one hand, as an answer to the configuration...