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Regulating Infrastructures in the Tropics

Regulation helps address the demands of investors who are seeking assurances that their investments are safe, while also reassuring democratically elected governments. Regulatory reform could help Brazil attract more private investment in its infrastructure.

May 26, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Programa Bolsa Familia Y Frecuencia Escolar: Un Analisis Con El Censo Demografico De Brasil De 2010

This study aims to analyze whether Bolsa Familia had an association with children's school attendance, which is one of the educational conditions of the program.

May 11, 2017
Report

Report

Regulation of logistics infrastructure in Brazil

This report deals with the regulation of logistics infrastructures in Brazil, focusing in particular on the federal level. Brazil, one of the key emerging economies in the world, has a particular need for developing logistics infrastructures.

May 8, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Construindo Pontes: a Prática Da Interdisciplinaridade. Estudo PopTrans: Um Estudo Com Travestis E Mulheres Transexuais Em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. : Building Bridges: Interdisciplinarity in Practice. PopTrans Study: a Study with Transvestites and Transsexual Women in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.

This article describes researchers' experience with the implementation and development of an ethno-epidemiological study of trans persons in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.

Mar 15, 2017
Report

Report

Managing the Principal Agent Problem in Bolsa Familia: A look at contextual factors that affect the quality of implementation

Bolsa Familia (BF) is a conditional cash transfer programme introduced in 2003 in Brazil. This report aims to understand the principal agent problem in BF.

Nov 2, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Late Presentation to HIV/AIDS Care in Brazil Among Men Who Self-Identify as Heterosexual

Provider-based HIV testing that focuses only on high-risk populations increases the chances that HIV+ heterosexual men will not be diagnosed until they already present symptoms of AIDS.

Sep 14, 2016
Commentary

Health and Safety at the Rio Olympics: It's Not Just About Zika

The risk of contracting Zika in Rio de Janeiro is low. But there is a broader range of health and safety concerns for which travelers can and should take specific precautions.

Aug 5, 2016
Commentary

The Olympic Legacy — What Can Rio Learn?

Rio will spend $14.4 billion on the Olympics. Like other host cities, it hopes to achieve an “Olympic legacy” to ensure that this investment pays dividends after the games and provides long-term economic, social, sporting, and cultural benefits.

Aug 3, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Understanding the Quality of Implementation in Bolsa Familia: A Look Inside the 'Black Box' of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme

This paper aims to promote a greater understanding of how the 'black box' of implementation in a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme interacts with the quality of implementation.

Apr 6, 2016
Commentary

Fighting the Zika Virus: What Public Health Officials Need to Do

For now, public health officials and their partners must do all they can to control Zika virus, using the tools at hand. That may include instituting a public health campaign to reduce mosquito-breeding sites and promoting prudent protection against mosquito bites.

Jan 28, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Revisiting the Use of Condoms in Brazil

In this article, we aim to investigate the use of condoms in Brazil, draw critical reflections, and understand how they can once again be highlighted in Brazil's prevention strategy going forward.

Dec 1, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Improvements of Techniques to Estimate Migration Rates: An Application with Brazilian Censuses Data

This paper intends to develop procedures which can be applied to different countries and databases to estimate migration rates using information on place of previous residence (last-move data) and duration of residence.

Nov 24, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Barriers Along the Care Cascade of HIV-infected Men in a Large Urban Center of Brazil

Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2011 with HIV-infected men receiving care at the only HIV/AIDS state reference center in Salvador, Brazil. Researchers identified barriers to services along the care cascade.

Nov 19, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Automobility in Brazil, Russia, India, and China: Quo Vadis?

Toward which levels of automobility are the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) headed?

Oct 5, 2015
Research Brief

Workplace Accidents in Brazil Are Significantly Underreported: Inspection issues and informal workplaces make it difficult to determine true safety levels

Discusses why workplace accidents are severely underreported in Brazil and the issues that make it difficult to determine true safety levels, and makes recommendations for improving the situation.

Jul 22, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Total Fluid Intake and Its Determinants: Cross-Sectional Surveys Among Adults in 13 Countries Worldwide

There were considerable differences in total fluid intake between countries but not between genders.

Jul 10, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Total Fluid Intake of Children and Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Surveys in 13 Countries Worldwide

A high proportion of children and adolescents are at risk of an inadequate fluid intake. This risk is especially high in males and adolescents when compared with females or children categories.

Jul 10, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Intake of Water and Different Beverages in Adults Across 13 Countries

Describes the intake of water and all other fluids and to evaluate the proportion of adults exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations on energy intake from free sugar, solely from fluids.

Jul 10, 2015
Research Brief

Research Brief

Evaluating conditional cash transfer programmes: The case of Bolsa Familia

Summary of report examining factors affecting quality of implementation of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme Bolsa Familia.

Apr 30, 2015
Commentary

Paying People to Change Behavior in the UK: Lessons from Latin America

Policymakers in Western countries seeking new policy levers to tackle costly lifestyle behaviors in the age of austerity may do well to take up programs based on cash incentives. Recent analysis of conditional payment programs in Latin America highlights some useful lessons.

Mar 30, 2015

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