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Economy

Agriculture

Bees for hire

Startup rents out bees to improve agricultural productivity

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Interview

Renato Janine Ribeiro: There is no development without science

The new president of SBPC says Brazil lacks an awareness of the influence of research on economic and social prosperity

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Data

R&D intensity in national productive structures

Of the various data used to calculate a country’s GDP, the output of different economical sectors is of particular importance

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Economics

Drawing wealth from nature

How biodiversity can drive a new cycle of industrial development in Brazil

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Political Sciences

The high cost of the Brazilian Legislature

The Brazilian Legislature is the most expensive among the 34 countries analyzed

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Economics

University grants posthumous degree

University grants posthumous degree

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Cover

Mutually reinforcing

Combined with census data, new technologies are expanding the reach of demographic studies

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Cover

A country in transformation

Modern census methods can now better capture the reality of Brazilian society

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COVER

A virtuous cycle

Demographic censuses have offered insight into Brazilian society and fueled research in academia

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COVID-19

Deaths exacerbate income losses

Death of 430,000 people from COVID-19 until May could cost the economy R$10.9 billion per month

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Cover

The American strategy

The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership

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Public administration

Crafting healthcare policy

Since the 1970s, researchers and other actors have worked to integrate government, science, and the economy in the health-industry complex

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Cover

An expanding market

In Latin America, remunerated caregiving work accounts for 16% of jobs, with 47 million people working in the area

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COVER

The economics of caregiving

Increase in population life expectancy and new family arrangements produce higher demand for caregivers and complicate government decision-making

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Retrospect

The multifaceted legacy of a structuralist

One hundred years after his birth, concepts formulated by economist Celso Furtado remain influential in multiple fields

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Family farming

A system against hunger

Social technology developed at EMBRAPA and UFU offers new ways for rural and low-income communities to produce their own food

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Development

Multiplying returns

New formula to calculate the effects of investment in innovation

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COVID-19

The impact of the virus on Australian universities

Universities in Australia are to receive extra funding to boost the country's economic recovery after the pandemic

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Data

Electricity production in Brazil has almost doubled since 2001, but remains clean

Electricity production in Brazil has almost doubled since 2001, but remains clean

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Public Policy

Opening faucets

Lack of basic sanitation in Brazil damages public health and the economy

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Data

Business R&D spending falls sharply

Spending on research and development by businesses fell nationwide and in São Paulo compared to 2014

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Obituary

A scholar of economic policies

The career of Carlos Lessa, a professor at UFRJ and former president of BNDES, merged academic discipline with politics

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COVID-19

Risk of increase in child labor

The reduced income and increased economic insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a rise in child labor rates in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Cover

Calculating in the dark

Creativity helps scientists predict the economic impacts of an unprecedented crisis

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Obituary

A thinker of development

Wilson Cano was one of the founders of the UNICAMP Institute of Economics and a scholar of industrialization in Brazil

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Economics

Tools for an equitable society

Economists study how social investment and progressive taxation combat different types of inequality, and how they can be integrated

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Statistics

Stunted by recession

IBGE’s latest PINTEC survey reveals slowing innovation momentum among Brazilian firms between 2015 and 2017

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Economy

Billion-dollar divorce

The joint venture announced two years ago between Embraer and Boeing has been canceled

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Sociology

Objects of desire

In 2011, a replica of the sapphire and diamond ring Kate Middleton wore on her wedding day became a best seller in low-end high street stores in Brazil’s southeastern city of São Paulo

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