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The effectiveness of education and health spending among Brazilian municipalities

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15-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

This paper uses a large dataset combining census, household survey and budgetary data for nearly 4 000 Brazilian municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes.

Current Developments in Nanomaterials in Brazil

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14-Apr-2008

This paper, which was submitted by the Brazilian delegation, shows the current developments in nanotechnology in Brazil, given at the 3rd Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, held ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Better targeting government social spending

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01-Mar-2005

Government social spending is estimated to be mildly progressive in terms of its impact on income inequality, but this masks important differences in the incidence of spending on particular social programmes. ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Strengthening social policies and expenditure

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01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses the main weaknesses and strengths of Brazilian financial markets. Low credit ratios, high intermediation costs, and financial exclusion contrast with the expansion of the institutional ...