RAND Research Topic: Brazil 2012-05-24T14:56:20Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/brazil.html Assessing the Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers as a Development Mechanism http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/conditional-cash-transfers.html May 3, 2012 May 3, 2012 Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) are seen as particularly effective in low- and middle-income countries, but relatively little is known about the interface between the supply of services and program administration and specific human development outcomes. RAND Europe is assessing the effectiveness of CCTs, through a two-year grant from UK Economic Social Research Council and Department for International Development. The Provision of Public Services by Criminal Organizations in Mexico and Brazil http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/clasp/research/projects/mexico-brazil-public-services.html Feb 15, 2012 Feb 15, 2012 Understanding how criminal gangs and other non-state actors compete with the state to provide public services, gain popular support, and jeopardize security can help policymakers counter these groups' activities. Can Payment for Environmental Services Save the Rainforest? http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/clasp/research/projects/save-the-forest.html Feb 9, 2012 Feb 9, 2012 The Forest Allowance Program (Programa Bolsa Floresta) is an avoided deforestation initiative in Brazil that pays the local population a monthly allowance for environmental services and increases deforestation monitoring and enforcement. RAND is studying this and similar initiatives to determine their success in reducing deforestation. Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity: RAND's Drug Policy Research Center http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110038.html Feb 6, 2011 Feb 6, 2011 <p>This paper provides a look back at the creation, evolution and growth of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC).</p> Changes in Diarrheal Disease and Treatment Among Brazilian Children from 1986 to 1996 http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110094.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011 This paper examines changes in diarrhea prevalence and treatment in Brazil between 1986 and 1996 and concludes that policies to prevent the disease should be targeted at disadvantaged socioeconomic groups. Theory and Method at the Intersection of Anthropology and Cultural Neuroscience http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100154.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009 Exploring the intersection of neuroscience and anthropology can productively inform our understanding of the relationship between human brains and their socio-cultural contexts. BRIC-&agrave;-Brac http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/06/15/FP.html Jun 15, 2009 Jun 15, 2009 The leaders of the BRIC countries&mdash;Brazil, Russia, India, and China&mdash;hold their first stand-alone summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Tuesday, June 16. The timing of the BRIC summit, just a few weeks before U.S. President Barack Obama's arrival in Moscow and the G-8 meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, is hardly accidental, writes Andrew S. Weiss. The Prevalence of Diarrheal Disease Among Brazilian Children: Trends and Differentials from 1986 to 1996 http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050301.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004 <p>In this paper, the authors examine trends and differentials in diarrhea prevalence and treatment in Brazil between 1986 and 1996.</p>