This study aimed to assess the occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in annatto (Bixa orellana L.) cultivars and their response AMF inoculation using biometric parameters. The surveys were conducted fields three municipalities from Pernambuco Forest Zone: Lagoa de Itaenga, Gloria Goitá, Vitoria Santo Antão, four (Red Piave, Green Red Peruvian Paulista, Paulista). In a greenhouse, par...

OBJECTIVE To analyze resource allocation for pharmaceutical procurement by federative entities in the Brazilian Unified Health System. METHODS The amounts allocated to purchase pharmaceuticals during 2009 in two information systems were analyzed: Siga Brasil (Follow Brazil) for national data and Sistema de Informações sobre Orçamentos Públicos em Saúde (Information System on Public Health Bud...

Explaining why the provision of public goods varies across jurisdictions is often complicated by the self-selection of jurisdictions into the population with provision authority. To address this problem we develop and estimate a multi-stage selection model in tandem with a public goods provision model. Our empirical application is to the State of California where counties are assigned primary r...

Municipalities make an important contribution to poverty alleviation and economic development, through providing free basic services (FBS) to poor households and investing in infrastructure and associated services that are critical for economic activity (National Treasury, 2008). To deliver these services effectively, municipalities rely on two important sources of revenue. One is from the nati...

BACKGROUND Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice prevalent in 35 countries, mainly in Africa, as well as in some Middle Eastern countries and a few Asian countries. FGM comprises all procedures that involve partial or complete resection of, or other injury to, external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. The practice of FGM has spread to Western countries due to migration....

Two research questions structure this article: 1) what climate change policies have been formulated by Danish municipalities? and 2) why is there such a huge variation in the scope and ambition of these policies? In answering the first question it is demonstrated that climate change action plans have been developed and integrated into many Danish local governments' plans as a result of climate ...

Prevalence of severe food insecurity was estimated for Brazilian municipalities based on the 2004 National Household Sample Survey (PNAD). First, a logistic regression model was developed and tested with this database. The model was then applied to the 2000 census data, generating severe food insecurity estimates for the Brazilian municipalities, which were subsequently analyzed according to th...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of a community based bicycle helmet programme aimed at children aged 5-12 years (about 140,000) from poor and well off municipalities. METHODS A quasi-experimental design, including a control group, was used. Changes in the risk of bicycle related head injuries leading to hospitalisation were measured, using rates ratios. RESULTS Reductions in bicycle related...