This study analyzes the recent transformations in the consumption profile of audiovisual media services, transformations mainly marked by the intensive use of the internet. Such a phenomenon has reconfigured the strategies adopted by providers of traditional linear audiovisual media services, in...

The hasty and intense process of population aging observed in Brazil should have a relevant impact on the expected evolution in the number of potential contributors and beneficiaries of the social security schemes - particularly, the social insurance schemes, with emphasis on the public pension...

The aim of this text is to contribute to the discussion on the growing adoption of new communication and information technologies (ICTs) in public policies. To do so, we have analyzed possible paths for the integration of one of the most relevant policies to combat hunger and exclusion: the...

This Discussion Paper presents an overview of the granting of transportation assistance to Brazilian working heads of families based on data from the IBGE 2018-2019 Family Budget Survey. It was shown that people from the lowest social strata, with less education and income, are precisely those...

The objective of this work, following the guidelines outlined in Pires (2023b and 2023c), is to understand how the agricultural structures of family farming in the Midwest were characterized, in their multi-scale forms, regarding their aspects of location and specialization? To this end, it...

The 2015 Civil Code of Procedure (Law 13.105) entailed extensive changes in the system of civil appeals in Brazil but, after more than seven years of its enactment, there hasn't been any empirical assessment regarding the impacts of the procedural reform on the propensity to appeal in civil...

Climate change is an increasingly relevant topic in academic, diplomatic and government circles. The expected impacts of climate change on cities are varied. Such impacts may include: floods and damage caused by rising sea levels in coastal cities, damage to existing urban infrastructure caused...

It is useful to acknowledge at least four facets of bureaucracy. And bureaucratic management has a few general characteristics, such as professionalism of the officers, organizational subdivision and a complex system of registers. Administrative procedures aim at effectiveness by applying the...

This paper presents the content of the proposals for adapting all ten goals of SDG 4 for Brazil, in April and May 2018 and the levels of coverage and performance to be reached in 2030, when its validity ends. Next, the study presents indicators of the evolution of these goals until the most...