Incorporating political, economic, and environmental factors, this book explores the evolution of health and living standards in Brazil in the nineteenth and tw

What makes Brazil so unequal? This title looks at this question and shows how inequalities weaken Brazil's economic development and what are the best policy opt

The first social history examining all aspects of Brazil's radical transition from a predominantly rural society to an urban one.

"Data prepared by the Sao Paulo-based Fundacao Sistema Estadual de Analise de Dados (SEADE) in collaboration with UN-HABITAT"--T.p. verso.

Abstract: Studies have shown that learning outcomes are related to the amount of time students engage in learning tasks. However, visits to schools have reveale