This study has as main objective the assessment of the sustainability of the Brazilian energy sector compared to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, in an attempt to contributing to the requirements as stated by the Roadmap for the OECD Accession of...

One of the main goals of transportation policies is to improve the people's access to employment opportunities, public services, and amenities. For this reason, an increasing number of transportation and funding agencies have sought to incorporate accessibility studies in the planning and...

This discussion paper presents the main technical approaches and business models for sharing infrastructure, focusing on the telecommunications sector. Additionally, through literature review and analysis of news from specialized media, the main benefits, problems and challenges associated with...

This article deals with a study on the different ways of financing the cost of urban public transport services. In Brazil, the financing of public transport is only supported by fare collection, which brings great social inequities and a financial crisis to the system. The authors defend tariff...

The Brazilian public food procurement program PAA is a federal government policy created to encourage family farming and fight food and nutritional insecurity of people in social vulnerability. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of PAA on the income and diversity of family...

From the 1980s to the present, transformations in the industrial structure of the states that make up the Midwest region drove industrial growth in this regional space. All of this was the result of a strategy to integrate this regional space into the national market and, from the 1990s, to...

Due to the growing importance of environmental policies in the United States of America and the European Union, including the impact on international trade, the authors propose a comparative analysis of the rules and institutions that govern the environmental issue in these two actors. After...

This Discussion Paper deals with the institutional and economic aspects of the Brazilian federative state according to the 1988 Constitution. The context of vertical coordination of urban infrastructure investments is then examined. Previous studies have shown that the benefits of economic...

Regardless of their scope and nature, Public policies, government programs, or strategies for the modernization of the State involve the performance of public officials as one of their fundamental variables. Their motivations, perceptions, and adherence to specific practices and objectives are...