The expenditure with foods of the Brazilian families have been affected by the alterations in the income and its distribution, the relative prices of the goods and by other structural transformations occurred in the Brazilian society, among which can be cited those associates with the...

The text presents the estimative of insufficiency of the caloric availability and the expenditures with food of the families of the largest urban regions of the country. For this, the normative food baskets of CEPAL, which take care of the nutritional recommendations, especially that ones...

The main objective of this study is the determination of the indirect tax burden which is applied to Brazilian health sector. This requires the estimation of tax incidence over household expenses, as well of those made by public sector, which includes medical institutions and hospitals....

This paper focuses on the changes in income and activity sectors on the economically active rural population (EAP) between 1996 and 2006. Besides a brief introduction, its divide into more tree parts. The first part analyzes the changes in income and activity sectors based on the National...

The Brazilian state is often viewed as inefficient and captured by economic interest groups and bureaucratic elites, leading to crony capitalism and clientelism. This has hindered the implementation of growth-inducing economic policies and contributed to a decline in productivity and economic...

The main objective of this study is the determination of the indirect tax burden which is applied to Brazilian health sector. This requires the estimation of tax incidence over household expenses, as well of those made by public sector, which includes medical institutions and hospitals....

Brazil has become a good example of public policies aimed at combating poverty and fostering rural development, or, in other words, promoting family farming. The country has even 'exported' some of its policies, notably the Programa Bolsa Família and the Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos...