Economy
CONSTRUCTION
Resistant gypsum
Blocks made from from fertilizer by-products are low-cost building option
Tropical ecosystems
Evolution written in lianas
Botanists use climbing plants to understand the origin of Brazilian forests
Maria da Conceição Tavares
Conceição’s influence
Economist gets Almirante Álvaro Alberto Award
The Dynamics of the economy
There is more to rural Brazil than just agriculture
Project shows that Brazil reduces the gap between the countryside and cities
People from the Amazon
The human factor
Brazil nuts may result from indigenous actions before Europeans
Development
The interior’s economic relief
Study maps industrial deconcentration in the State of São Paulo
Indicators
The illusion of equality
In spite of the decline of inequality, Brazil still faces serious social issues
By Carlos Haag
Telecommunications
Mobile connection
Increased percentage share of software for mobile telephony developed in Brazil
Energy scenarios
Bio-refineries of the future
Studies reveal forecasts about the share of ethanol in agriculture
Memory
The optimistic rebel
Economist Antônio Barros de Castro foresaw Brazil's needs and path
By Carlos Haag
Recombinant proteins
Health reagents
Company investigates the development of input for scientific research
Israel Klabin
Israel Klabin: Green capitalism
The former businessman discusses environmental future optimistically
By Carlos Haag
Anthropology
The economics of appearances
Plastic surgery reinforces the ideal of the body as social capital
By Carlos Haag
Culture
Less perspiration and more inspiration
The new way of change in the profile of production in cities
Budget
The battle for pre-salt
Scientific societies go to Brasilia to try and reverse the loss of resources
Maílson da Nóbrega
Maílson da Nóbrega: The quiet economist
Former finance minister launches autobiography with politic's backstage
By Carlos Haag
José R. Mendonça de Barros
José Roberto Mendonça de Barros: São Paulo and the new economic geography
Infrastructure and the production of knowledge will drive growth in Brazil
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
Economics
Brazil’s history of luxury
Consumption was important in the development of Brazil
By Carlos Haag
Cover
The human face of weather
Plan is to prevent natural disasters from affecting millions of people