Economy
Public Policy
Opening faucets
Lack of basic sanitation in Brazil damages public health and the economy
By Diego Viana
Data
Business R&D spending falls sharply
Spending on research and development by businesses fell nationwide and in São Paulo compared to 2014
By Redação
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
By Redação
Cover
Calculating in the dark
Creativity helps scientists predict the economic impacts of an unprecedented crisis
By Diego Viana
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
By Diego Viana
Economy
Billion-dollar divorce
The joint venture announced two years ago between Embraer and Boeing has been canceled
By Redação
Funding
Victories for science in Brazilian Congress
The scientific community earned two victories in Brazilian Congress in March
By Redação
Economy
Undeclared foreign funding
The US Department of Education is investigating Harvard and Yale universities for failing to declare funding received from foreign governments
By Redação
Data
Engineer salaries for men and women in Brazil1
Average real salary for engineers in Brazil grew between 2006 and 2013 and fell from 2013 to 2018
By Redação
Funding
In defense of science
Party leaders propose research funding as a means to overcome economic crisis
Environment
Forestry budgets
Researchers examine why some conservation areas receive more public funding than others
Economy
São Paulo among the world’s major economic centers
Just over a third (35%) of the world's GDP, estimated at a total of US$80 trillion in 2017, is produced in 29 regions of the planet inhabited by 602 million people
By Redação
Data
R&D Expenditure in São Paulo (2017 and 2018)
Expenditure on research and development (R&D) in São Paulo increased from R$26.8 billion in 2017 to R$27.6 billion in 2018
By Redação
Archival science
Memories Revealed
The unpublished collections of Celso Furtado and Joaquim Nabuco recently donated to research institutions promise new revelations