Programas governamentais, como a Política de Garantia de Preços Mínimos (PGPM), podem ter importante influência na formação dos preços de produtos agrícolas. Entretanto, mudanças recentes nos instrumentos de intervenção podem ter alterado o papel destes programas na determinação dos...

The Brazilian experience is of particular interest as a case study into the fiscal scopefor public sector investments, especially in infrastructure. Brazil has one of thehighest tax burdens in the world and, at the same time, the public sector has beenregistering a historic low in investment,...

Este trabalho corresponde à versão ligeiramente modificada do Relatório Final de Avaliação e Consolidação das Atividades de Campo, realizado com os seis projetospiloto dos Consórcios Sociais da Juventude (CSJs), envolvendo as regiões do Distrito Federal e entorno, do Grande ABC em São...

O crescimento da violência no Brasil, principalmente nos grandes centros urbanos, tem gerado uma enorme discussão acerca de quais seriam as conseqüências e os custos daí originados. Tal discussão é de fundamental importância, posto que os cálculos associados podem vir a orientar...

There are many researchers who claim that social policies are the right ones to foster the development of the Northeast Brazil. There are others, however, who support the attraction of outside firms to bolster the development. This paper fits into this debate by investigating the correlations on...

This paper presents the adaptation of the ?Florida Affordable Housing NeedsAssessment Methodology? (Noll et al., 1997) to Brazil. This was a task developedjointly by the Florida team with researchers from IPEA and the World Bank. TheAffordable Housing Needs Assessment Methodology, developed by...

In this paper we estimated the demand for local public spending for the Brazilian municipalities within a median voter´s framework. The median voter theorem provides a method of aggregating individual voter`s demands to obtain community demand. The rationale for applying that framework came...

Este estudo versa sobre o sistema de Justiça no Brasil - sua estrutura e sua dinâmica, do início dos anos 1990 até o momento atual. Em primeiro lugar, apresentam-se alguns problemas desse sistema, principalmente a iniqüidade e a inefetividade do acesso da população aos serviços...

This article discuss intellectual property policies in Brazil, as compared to policies inhealth and agriculture after the TRIPS Agreement.It article concerns intellectual property as an institution to make it easier thecontrol, valorization and spread assets based on innovations. Making use of...

There was substantial spatial variation in labor market outcomes in Brazil over the 1990?s. In 2000, about one fifth of workers lived in apparently economically stagnant municipios where real wages declined but employment increased faster than the national population growth rate. More than one...