This paper uses a dataset from one of the largest credit card issuers in Brazil to investigate the extent of credit constraints for one of the world's largest emerging market economies. In order to deal with the endogeneity problem from an observational dataset, an identification strategy based...

The habit of purchase of agricultural populations is one of the gaps of the Brazilian national statistics. This paper addresses a reference of the consumption guideline of families in rural resettlements from a survey research in rural settlements in the region of the Northwest of Minas Gerais....

The objective of this review of resettlement policy and implementation in Brazil, is to identify ongoing good practices, as well as areas for further improvement. It draws upon an assessment of the Brazilian legal and institutional framework related to land acquisition for projects in the public...