The privatization policy for power generation system in Brazil needs that investments on new plants should be profitable. This depends on regulation rules: a) the cost of energy supplied on deficit situation; b) the normative value of energy that is the maximum value of energy for long-run...

The high interest rates offered in Brazil can be seen as a limit for the Brazilian economic growth. This is one of the current major Brazilian debates where political and monetary authorities aim to search the causes of these high yields to suggest public policies for its reduction. This paper...

Fundamental education is mainly provided by municipalities according to a decentralized model in which local management transforms resources transferred by the federal government into educational results that are centrally monitored. This mode of operation is conducive to the evaluation of...

We propose a management tool to identify groups of public schools that have similar standards of performance and therefore need similar support and guidance.The student's result is measured with the "Prova Brasil" (PB) for mathematics and for Portuguese language, and with an indicator of the...