The main objective of this paper is to compare the European Union’s (EU) Regional Policy with the Regional Policy in Brazil. In this context, the transformations that have occurred in the last two decades in the policies and instruments that promote the economic and social development of the...

This paper analyses the hypothesis under which the improvement on the educational level in the last few decades has also increased the velocity of income convergence for the Brazilian Regions. The originality of this paper, associated with its microrregional delimitation, contributes to a...

The main objective of this paper is to compare the European Union's (EU) Regional Policy with the Regional Policy in Brazil. In this context, the transformations that have occurred in the last two decades in the policies and instruments that promote the economic and social development of the...

The objective of this study is to investigate the fiscal capacity of the Brazilian states in the light of estimates of their indices of Autonomy, adopting as timeframe analysis the period following approval of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed in the year 2000. The text provides a brief...

Dados apurados na última década mostram que Recife foi o quinto maior centro mundial de tráfico escravista. 1 No entanto, o tráfico para Recife é ainda pouco pesquisado. Sabe-se que as mais de 1.350 viagens para Recife, nos quase três séculos do tráfico, tiveram em geral origem nesse...

Dados apurados em pesquisas realizadas na última década mostram que o Recife foi o quinto maior centro mundial de tráfico escravista.i No entanto, o tráfico para o Recife é ainda pouco pesquisado. Sabe-se que as mais de 1.350 viagens para o Recife, nos quase três séculos do tráfico,...