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Reimagining Development with Indigenous People: Reflections from the São Gabriel da Cachoeira Workshop

Published by: IDS

Across the world, development is either failing or threatening indigenous peoples. The Brazil Reimagining Development event was held in...

Indigenous Peoples and REDD + Regulation in Brazil: Beyond the War of the Worlds?

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

This article focuses on the actors, interests and ideologies shaping Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)...

Violence, Security and Democracy: Perverse Interfaces and their Implications for States and Citizens in the Global South

Published by: IDS

How does violence affect the everyday lives of citizens in the global South? Researching this theme under the aegis of the Violence, Participation and Citizenship group of the Citizenship DRC coordinated by IDS, we generated some answers, but also more questions, which this paper starts to explore.

Mobilising the State? Social Mobilisation and State Interaction in India, Brazil and South Africa

Published by: IDS

This paper explores how social mobilisation and the state interact, influence and mutually constitute each other in India, Brazil and South Africa.

Political Economy of Climate Change

Published by: IDS

Despite the inherently political nature of international negotiations on climate change, much of the theory, debate, evidence-gathering and implementation linking climate change and development assume a largely apolitical and linear policy process.

Violence, Security and Democracy: Perverse Interfaces and their Implications for States and Citizens in the Global South

Published by: IDS

The Violence, Participation and Citizenship (VPC) group of the Development Research Centre (DRC) on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability undertook projects in four countries to explore violence and citizenship.

Making the Right to Health a Reality for Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples: Innovation, Decentralization and Equity

This article provides an overview of governance arrangements and changes in the Brazilian public health system since 1988, when the “Citizen’s Constitution” declared health to be a universal right. Since then, population coverage has grown substantially and health indicators have improved.

Associations, Active Citizenship, and the Quality of Democracy in Brazil and Mexico

In many Third Wave democracies large classes of people experience diminished forms of citizenship. The systematic exclusion from...

O Valor de se Construir Conexoes Sociaisem projetos de Desenvolvimento: Perspectivas da Ciencia do Bem-estar

Published by: Redes de Cooperacao

Firm Behaviour and the Introduction of New exports: Evidence from Brazil

Published by: Department of Economics