This paper aims to investigate earnings losses of workers who become unemployed in Brazil, comparing the results for different stages of the business cycle. Estimates using longitudinal data from the continuous PNAD for the period between 2012 and 2017 show that workers who transited from...

This paper results from the project "Brazil's external agenda for Africa: evaluations and proposals", within which we analyze Brazil's performance in the international investment facilitation and protection regime, in order to take stock of the effects of the new Agreement of Cooperation and...

This paper assesses the Brazilian National Defense Policy considering the objectives established by the National Defense Policy (PDN), the National Defense Strategy (END) and the National Defense White Paper (LBDN). It seeks to clarify whether the goals listed in such documents have been...

In this study we examine how the use of private and public transport has changed since the early 2000s in Brazilian cities. We analyzed data on the changing patterns of consumption of transportation goods and services by Brazilian families over the last 20 years. We also analyzed how urban...

This study deals with state action through the analysis of the main administrative instruments with planning and budgeting, aiming to illustrate the different characteristics between the planning and budgeting instruments under the multi-annual perspective and to present possible risks of...

Agriculture in Brazil's Northeastern Region compared to the rest of the country has a history of low productivity and little use of technological innovations. This scenario is the result of public policies that did not favor the Northeast to the same extent of the Central-South region of Brazil....

The goal of the study is to analyze family farmers in Brazilian Northeast Region, based on a brief approach and the Pronaf insertion in that area. Exploratory analysis was developed based on 2017 agricultural census. Results highlight great number of agricultural units which raise animals or...

This paper investigates the intersectional inequalities in the Brazilian primary and lower secondary school levels in 2017, comparing them with those observed in 1997. To do so, it analyses the indicators of goal 4.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely, the completion rates of...

The BRICS are characterized by the diversity of energy systems, socioeconomic structures, and institutional frameworks. Therefore, the energy transition process assumes particular trends in each country. Despite the high share of fossil fuels in the energy mix, the BRICS are engaged in promoting...