Microinsurance: income risk, social security and the demand for private onsurance by low-income families

Insurance provision against uncertainties is present in several dimensions of peoples´s lives, such as the provisions related to, inter alia, unemployment, diseases, accidents, robbery and death. Microinsurance improves the ability of low-income individuals to cope with these risks. Brazil has a fairly developed financial system but still not geared towards the poor, especially in what concerns the insurance industry. The evaluation of the microinsurance effects on well-being, and the demand for different types of microinsurance require an analysis of the dynamics of the individual income process and an assessment of substitutes and complementary institutions that condition their respective financial behavior. The evaluation of the microinsurance effects on well-being, and the demand for different types of microinsurance require an analysis of the dynamics of the individual income process and an assessment of substitutes and complementary institutions that condition their respective financial behavior. The Brazilian government provides a relatively developed social security system considering other countries of similar income level which crowds-out the demand for insurance and savings. On the other hand, this same public infrastructure may help to foster microfinance products supply. The objective of this paper is to analyze the demand for different types of private insurance by the low-income population using microdata from a National Expenditure Survey (POF/IBGE). The final objective is to help to understand the trade-offs faced for the development of an emerging industry of microinsurance in Brazil.

O novo federalismo social e o Rio: desenho de programas complementares de transferência de renda condicionada

Brazilian public policy entered in the so-called new social federalism through its conditional cash transfers. States and municipalities can operate together through the nationwide platform of the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP), complementing federal actions with local innovations. The state and the city of Rio de Janeiro have created programs named, respectively, Renda Melhor (RM) and Família Carioca (FC). These programs make use of the operational structure of the BFP, which facilitates locating beneficiaries, issuing cards, synchronizing payment dates and access passwords and introducing new conditionalities. The payment system of the two programs complements the estimated permanent household income up to the poverty line established, giving more to those who have less. Similar income complementation system was subsequently adopted in the BFP and the Chilean Ingreso Ético Familiar, which also follow the principle of estimation of income used in the FC and in the RM. Instead of using the declared income, the value of the Rio cash transfers are set using the extensive collection of information obtained from the Single Registry of Social Programs (Cadastro Único): physical configuration of housing, access to public services, education and work conditions for all family members, presence of vulnerable groups, disabilities, pregnant or lactating women, children and benefits from other official transfers such as the BFP. With this multitude of assets and limitations, the permanent income of each individual is estimated. The basic benefit is defined by the poverty gap and priority is given to the poorest. These subnational programs use international benchmarks as a neutral ground between different government levels and mandates. Their poverty line is the highest of the first millennium goal of the United Nations (UN): US$ 2 per person per day adjusted for the cost of living. The other poverty line of the UN, US$ 1.25, was implicitly adopted as the national extreme poverty line in 2011. The exchange of methodologies between federal entities has happened both ways. The FC began with the 575,000 individuals living in the city of Rio de Janeiro who were on the payroll of the BFP. Its system of impact evaluation benefited from bi-monthly standardized examinations. In the educational conditionalities, the two programs reward students' progress, a potential advantage for those who most need to advance. The municipal program requires greater school attendance than that of the BFP and the presence of students’ parents at the bimonthly meetings held on Saturdays. Students must achieve a grade of 8 or improve at least 20% in each exam to receive a bi-monthly premium of R$50. In early childhood, priority is given to the poor children in the program Single Administrative Register (CadÚnico) to enroll in kindergarten, preschools and complementary activities. The state program reaches more than one million people with a payment system similar to the municipal one. Moreover, it innovates in that it transfers awards given to high school students to savings accounts. The prize increases and is paid to the student, who can withdraw up to 30% annually. The total can reach R$3,800 per low-income student. The State and the city rewarded already education professionals according to student performance, now completing the chain of demand incentives on poor students and their parents. Increased performance is higher among beneficiaries and the presence of their guardians at meetings is twice compared to non beneficiaries; The Houston program, also focuses on aligning the incentives to teachers, parents and students. In general, the plan is to explore strategic complementarities, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The objective is to stimulate, through targets and incentives, synergies between social actors (teachers, parents, students), between areas (education, assistance, work) and different levels of government. The cited programs sum their efforts and divide labor so as to multiply interactions and make a difference in the lives of the poor.

Ainda precisamos da sala de aula?: inovação tecnológica, metodologias de ensino e desenho institucional nas faculdades de Direito

O reconhecimento de que a globalização econômica, a sociedade de conhecimento e as novas tecnologias impactaram o ensino de qualquer área de conhecimento é pacífico. O diagnóstico de que o ensino tradicional do sistema jurídico romano-germânico é marcado pela produção de um conhecimento descritivo e sistemático dos institutos e normas jurídicas codificadas, que compõe uma formação formalista e dogmática do direito, ancorada no protagonismo docente e sustentada em aulas excessivamente expositivas, acolhido por Garcez no presente texto, fortalece a preocupação sobre a prática pedagógica historicamente desenvolvida nos cursos de Direito. Essas premissas têm mobilizado a discussão sobre novas práticas de ensino para a formação jurídica e ressaltado a importância de currículos que se preocupem com a formação de competências e habilidades e valorizem mais o protagonismo discente, além de fazerem uso de ferramentas atuais que considerem as novas tecnologias de ensino. Dessas premissas, também nasce a pergunta que Garcez se dispõe a responder, sobre se ainda faz sentido a sala de aula.

Governança e alinhamento de conceitos no contexto das políticas públicas: um complemento ao estudo de caso do fundo municipal dos direitos da criança e do adolescente de São Paulo

As implicações e desafios da governança, gestão e controles vêm ganhando relevância tanto no âmbito do setor privado como do setor público. Apesar da dificuldade de convergência de conceitos, no campo teórico, a linha mais pragmática de Códigos de Melhores Práticas vem permitindo criar e disseminar elementos para orientar e formalizar meios para o aprimoramento institucional, tanto de organizações do segundo e do terceiro setor, como para o próprio setor público. Este estudo propôs-se a resenhar a literatura sobre governança, tanto corporativa como pública, buscando identificar o alinhamento de conceitos e práticas. Destaque foi dado à inciativa do Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) que, em 2014, elaborou dois marcos para o avanço no campo da governança pública: o referencial básico de governança aplicável a órgãos e entidades da administração pública e o referencial para avaliação de governança em políticas públicas, documentos que se aplicam como guias para a modernização do Fundo Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente de São Paulo (FUMCAD-SP), objeto de estudo de caso apresentado no âmbito do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Políticas Públicas da Escola de Administração de Empresas da Fundação Getúlio Vargas em São Paulo, por Maitê Fernandez Gauto, Elias de Souza e Eduardo José Bernini, em 2015.

A influência da Guerra Fria na criação da FGV-EAESP

Pesquisa em foco: The cold War and management education in Brazil: the point four program and the Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) - 2011. Pesquisadores: Professores Drs. Rafael Alcadipani e Carlos Osmar Bertero

Regulatory reform in the brazilian railway sector and concession valuation: a preliminary assessment

Trabalho apresentado na 4th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures

Regulatory reform in the brazilian railway sector and its potential effects

Trabalho apresentado no Law and Society Annual Conference, 2015