This paper aims to carry out an exercise to measure the benefits of the social assistance policy, having as reference the conceptual framework of Ipea's Social Security Beneficiometer project (projeto Beneficiômetro da Seguridade Social do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - Ipea). In...

The purpose of this work is to provide an overview of social security, which, along with public health and social assistance, constitutes social security in Brazil. This text represents only a part of a trilogy of Discussion Papers structured to highlight the relevance of social security,...

The present work aims to analyze characteristics of home entries in criminal proceedings involving drug crimes, in order to determine whether home policing, within the context of drug policies, selectively or geographically segregates defendants who face the criminal justice system. Based on...

The governance of foreign investments lies in an institutional gap at the international level. In addition to the fact that there is no mandatory multilateral regulatory framework on the subject, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is passing through a crisis that rules out any negotiation in...

The study aims to contribute to the debate on social welfare in Brazil through an analysis focused on the normative action of the State on the subject from October 1988 until September 2022. October 1988 marks the date when a new, democratic constitution was enacted, which defined social...

This study aimed to systematize and present data on the creation and closure of Brazilian civil society organizations (CSOs) from 1901 to 2020, based on the National Registry of Legal Entities (CNPJ) database provided by the Brazilian Secretariat of the Federal Revenue (SRFB). The exposed...

This article documents the presence of foreign firms in the sectors of energy and strategic minerals of the Brazilian economy. For this purpose, it was employed the information provided by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Office on it. The results indicated little importance for foreign companies....

Food production remains one of the biggest challenges for humankind in this century, and Brazil is one of the largest food-producing countries that have yet some land for economically or technically profitable farming expansion. Therefore, knowing which areas constitute the Brazilian...

This article is a contribution of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - Ipea) to the evaluation of the My House My Life Program (Minha Casa Minha Vida - PMCMV) carried out within the scope of the Public Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Council...