Since the adoption of its Going Out strategy in 1999, the Chinese government has provided support for outbound investment, making Chinese companies major international players. The government facilitates this through...
This series of publications aims to investigate the contribution of Brazilian federative units to polycentric climate governance, emphasizing the possible interconnections arising from Fluminense legislations and initiatives established in the...
This study aims to understand who are the legislative actors dedicated to socio-environmental agendas and how the climate agenda has been addressed in the state of Amazonas from 2008 to...
The book "Presences of a broken State: citizenship and inequality in Rio de Janeiro", by Sergio Veloso and Igor Pantoja, is the result of empirical research carried out in the...
Conceived in 2000, Editora PUC-Rio (affiliated to the Brazilian Association of University Presses) is dedicated to publishing knowledge and research of academic excellence. The most recent ebook, entitled “Global governance...
The Policy Brief "Revisiting the Security-Development Nexus: transformations and myths in international policy" looks at two sets of issues: a) efforts to define and focus on the intersections between issues...
The economic value of China's financing of overseas projects is almost as relevant as that of the World Bank, albeit of a more intermittent nature. From 2008 to 2019, Chinese...
China is one of the biggest international players in the energy sector. The country accounts for 26.1% of worldwide primary energy consumption, ahead of the United States and Europe. In...
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is Brazil's main institution for promoting national development. However, the bank has been losing strength and undergoing reformulations over time. Several...
Adopted on October 31, 2000 by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Resolution 1325 has since then been one of the main references for the development, strengthening, and expansion of...