This study examines the relationship between political connections, the set of investment opportunities, and tax avoidance activities, both directly and when moderated by corporate social responsibility (CSR). The ...

This dissertation analyzes the disputes surrounding public funding in the Health Budget between 2019 and 2022, in a scenario marked by the deepening of neoliberalism, the political reconfiguration under the Bolsonaro ...

The Endemic Disease Control Agents (ACE) are professionals responsible for working on the front lines of controlling diseases that threaten public health, such as dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, and other arboviruses. These ...

Introduction: Informal settlements, also known as communities or favelas are territories historically occupied in an attempt to secure the right to housing within urban centers for workers living in situations of socioeconomic ...

The development of drug-resistant tuberculosis as a neglected disease is intrinsically linked to multiple social vulnerabilities. The limited interest of the pharmaceutical industry in developing drug technologies, combined ...

This dissertation analyzed inequalities in maternal deaths in Brazil between 2012 and 2023 through an intersectional approach focused on the social markers of race/skin color, educational attainment, and age group. Maternal ...

This thesis is configured as a sacred Opá – an Opá-thesis woven around the theme of death, more specifically the figure of the ancestor, in works by writers of Black-Brazilian Literature: Ponciá Vicêncio, by the Minas ...

This master's dissertation critically analyzes Brazil's tax benefit concession policy from the perspective of fiscal justice and within the context of neoliberalism. This study explores the duality between the Welfare State ...