“…Using Barro & Salai-Martin (1992)'s estimation methodology, it proceeds the analysis of ßconvergence (inverse relation between initial PIB and economic growthrate) and of convergence (decrease of variance among the PIB of states).It has been found convergence only from 1969 to 1999, the same resultfound by other authors.Afterwards, it is evaluated if there have been conditional convergence withtotal of High School student registers and if the States` Participation Fund(FPM) has contributed to decrease inequality among Brazilian states.The article uses information extracted from the National Residences SampleResearch (PNAD) of 1977, 1998 and 1999 prepared by the BrazilianInstitute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), as well as information aboutgovernment accounts from 1985 to 2000, collected by the National TreasurySecretariat (STN).…”
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“…In this study the technical efficiency of operation and maintenance costs of the providers of water and sanitation in Brazil is estimated using data from the National System of Information on Sanitation (SNIS) during 2004 and 2008. …”
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“…To do this, it reviews the composition of microcredit in the National Financial System, reporting on the political experiences of microcredit in the Brazilian and international scenario, and its role for productive activity after waves of pandemics. …”
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