Brazil has made significant advancements in the provision of social protection, including having the largest conditional cash transfer program in the world. However, the social protection system's ...
The study is impressive in its scale. Researchers combined two Brazilian datasets — one from the Ministry of Health and one that tracks social programs for the poorest half of the population — ...
Dr. Robert Muggah is affiliated with the Igarapé Institute and SecDev. Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down.