A vast economic literature argues that well-defined property rights over land use can be associated with increases in efficiency in the use of scarce resources. In December 2020, the Brazilian government launched the Titula Brasil program, which aims to support and facilitate the land...

Despite the challenges for its development, the energy transition is crucial not only to achieve energy security and reduce energy dependence in politically unstable regions, but above all post- -pandemic to meet the goals established in the 2030 Agenda. In this context, countries considered...

Since the enactment of the Brazilian Innovation Law, the country has acquired valuable insights into the intricacies of the innovation process. This acquired knowledge is manifested in the updated New Law of Bidding and Contracts (NLBC), the revised Legal Framework for Startups, and the amended...

The objective is to analyze problems of the health sector in Brazil, with emphasis on the management of the SUS, aiming at the elaboration of concrete interventions proposals to ensure the population's access to universal, egalitarian and comprehensive healthcare. The methodological framework of...

This paper aims to analyze the impact of an improvement in income distribution on energy consumption in Brazil, based on structural decomposition techniques. For this purpose, hybrid input-output matrices are constructed to associate the evolution of national accounts with the national energy...

This study aims to deepen the debate on Brazil's insertion in the international investment regime by conducting a comparative analysis between Brazil's Agreement on Cooperation and Facilitation of Investments (ACFI) and the bilateral investment treaties of the other BRICS countries with African...

Voluntary and private sustainability standards (VSS) are increasing its importance to manage value chain production: they are required by large multinational networks (mainly retailers) from their suppliers to optimize logistics and harmonize product characteristics; have been recognized as...

The ex ante analysis aims, among other aspects, to formulate public policies and design government programs that are born ready to be monitored and evaluated. Evidence-based policies and programs may be improved only if each step taken by public action leaves some traces for the monitoring of...

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...

This article aims to evaluate to what extent the process of dismantling policies for women has been installed in federal public management and the intensity with which it is effective over the last few years. To this end, we followed the trajectory of advances and setbacks that marked this field...