This study discusses, in general terms, some instruments used in the assessment of disabilities, for eligibility and access to public policies in Brazil, with emphasis on the Modified Brazilian Functioning Index (IFBrM). The purpose is to elucidate certification procedures for this condition,...

This study presents a comparative indicator of production sustainability in agriculture. Faced with the growing world demand for food and considering the centrality of the main producing and exporting countries of agricultural products in the world, it is important to identify the economies that...

The 2019 pension reform was the most extensive reformulation of the Brazilian pension system since the promulgation of the Constitution of 1988. Despite important changes, such as the gradual end of housing by contribution time in the area of the General Social Security Regime (RGPS) and other...

This work presents a Bayesian approach for inferring the capacity factor of an offshore wind farm. The application of the proposed methodology is illustrated through a case study of a wind power offshore project located on the northern coast of the Rio de Janeiro State.

This study aims to contribute to the debate and regulation of the Brazilian National Digital Educational Policy (PNED) - Law No. 14.533/2023. It focuses on the articles that advocate the need to build teachers capacity to deal with digital technologies and strategies to promote a continuous...

The prohibition of certain psychoactive drugs and the consequent police repression result in thousands of deaths from violent actions in Brazil each year. In this work, we quantify the magnitude of this problem based on some economic and public health indicators. Taking 2017 as a reference, we...

The study aimed to investigate the potential spatial correlation between BNDES funding allocation across different company sizes and the structural transformation of micro-regions in Brazil. Economic complexity indices, both linear and non-linear, along with productivity in foreign trade, were...

The main aim of the paper is to analyze the evolution of growth regimes in a selected set of Latin American countries between 2000 and 2021, in order to characterize them in relation to their demand regimes growth, such as export-led, investment-led or consumption-led. Additionally, supply-side...

Contrary to the famous saying, "In Brazil, even the past is uncertain", we can demonstrate that the future, at least in the short term, is quite predictable. This Discussion Paper presents the framework for agenda-setting anticipation through methodologies of actor mapping and agenda tracking,...