Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva

University of Oklahoma | ou · College for International Studies

Este livro traz os principais achados de um projeto de pesquisa realizado em parceria entre a Diretoria de Estudos e Políticas do Estado, das Instituições e da Democracia do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Diest/Ipea) e o Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Políticas Públicas, Estratégias e Desenvolvimento (INCT/PPED), com o obj...

Quais tipos de mudança sofreram as políticas estudadas no período em questão (2016-22)? Como se deram tais processos? Quais foram as motivações para o desmonte ou reconfiguração das políticas analisadas? O que caracteriza os processos de desmonte no caso brasileiro em relação aos casos apresentados pela literatura internacional? Quais fatores expli...

The policy dismantling framework was developed to account for processes involving the reduction or termination of existing policies, especially in the so-called advanced democracies. However, is the model proposed by policy dismantling scholars applicable to contexts of democratic backsliding such as Bolsonaro’s Brazil? Do those contexts offer new...

Pontos-chave: » O conceito de desmonte corresponde a um tipo específico de mudança de política pública, caracterizado pela redução, diminuição ou remoção de objetivos, instrumentos ou de capacidades administrativas existentes para sua implementação. » Os processos de desmonte analisados pela pesquisa se iniciaram em 2016, dentro de um contexto de a...

As Brazil makes it to international headlines with its new official stance against human rights and environmental protection, one can hardly imagine that the country was, at one point, engaged in human rights cooperation in the Global South. Most of these projects were outside of the media’s radar, as they were low-budget initiatives developed in s...

Neste artigo, relatamos o processo e os resultados do simpósio “Questões críticas: meio ambiente, direitos humanos e democracia no Brasil sob Bolsonaro”. O simpósio representou uma tentativa de se entender esse novo Brasil que tem intrigado observadores e acadêmicos em anos recentes. Os temas que emergiram como achados de nossas discussões incluem:...

The article seeks to contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on South–South cooperation (SSC) promoted by Brazil. By delving into both quantitative and qualitative data, the article presents an outlook on the last 20 years of Brazilian SSC projects and addresses the role of some domestic factors in this process. Data analysis reveals that pr...

From a normative perspective, policy change is seen as crucial to improving social conditions, reducing inequality, and promoting sustainability. However, what about change that implies the dismantling of previously successful policies? How can one differentiate between democratic policy change and policy dismantling? In order to shed light on thes...

When international organizations take measures that seem to go against the national interests of a Member State, is withdrawal inevitable? What do past cases reveal about how the extreme decision of withdrawal has been contained? This article examines the case of Brazil and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the Organiz...

Chapter 4 brings a complete account of the design, implementation, and frustrating results of Opportunity NYC, a conditional cash transfer program that was experimented in New York, supposedly following the example of the Mexican conditional cash transfers (CCT). It tells how Opportunity NYC had a rationale that was distinct from any other CCT in t...

Paves the way for the study of specific conditional cash transfer (CCT) cases, where the interest lies mainly in analyzing how CCTs and education policy have interrelated. The chapter briefly introduces the theories and concepts that framed the study of cases. It also explains the methodology used in the comparative study, so as to establish the cr...

Chapter 1 begins by presenting the international rise of the poverty reduction agenda in the broader development framework and how education was related to it. Then it moves to presenting the meaning of Conditional Cash Transfer programs, when and where they were first created, telling the story of how they became internationally popular in the wak...

Chapter 2 brings a new and updated appraisal of all ever-existing conditional cash transfers (CCTs) with education-related conditions. It points to how they diffused over time and space, gradually being adopted by an increasing number of counties. The chapter lays down an overview of the most common characteristics of CCTs across the globe, looking...

This book explores Conditional Cash Transfers programs within the context of education policy over the past several decades. Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) provide cash to poor families upon the fulfillment of conditions related to the education and health of their children. Even though CCTs aim to improve educational attainment, it is n...

Chapter 6 is about the Brazilian Bolsa Familia, the largest conditional cash transfer program in the world. Bolsa Familia currently reaches 14 million families, including 17 million students. It has been one of the main contributors to the stark reduction of extreme poverty and to the elimination of hunger in Brazil over recent years. The chapter g...

Chapter 7 contrasts case-specific findings, pointing out what they reveal in terms of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) linkage (or absence of) to educational policies and practices. Some suggested inputs to existing theories are provided, along with the presentation of some lessons learned. The findings are meant to inspire the large array of stak...

Chapter 8raises questions about CCTs’ future. As the political thermometer changes from progressive to conservative in various countries, one cannot but wonder what will happen to the international poverty reduction agenda, which brings us back to the discussions presented in the beginning of the book. As conservative governments come to power—whet...

Chapter 5 brings up the story of a not so prominent and yet very promising conditional cash transfer: the Subsidios program. It was adopted by Bogota’s city government and, throughout its short life, combined characteristics that, from an educational perspective, make it a very interesting case. The chapter also reveals how the political dynamics b...

Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) provide cash to poor families upon the fulfillment of conditions related to the education of their children. Even though CCTs have been increasingly expected to improve educational attainment - besides their proven impact on greater enrollment and attendance, it is not clear whether they have had any impact...

For South-South cooperation, the current moment of global economic downturn is one of anxiety. South-South cooperation was born with the Non-Aligned Movement. It went through a latent period, but re-emerged in the 1990s and early 2000s. The momentum gathered when a handful of middle-income countries such as Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa we...

As one of the first pieces of published research on New York?s conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, this paper presents the nuts-and-bolts of Opportunity New York City. It details the programme?s performance-based conditionalities, contrasts its different subcomponents, and compares its design and conception to that of its precursor CCT progr...

In 2007, emulating the Mexican experience, Mayor Bloomberg decided that New York City should also have its own conditional cash transfer programme (CCT). He named the programme Opportunity NYC after the Mexican Oportunidades. Is Opportunity NYC just one more CCT in the plethora of existing programmes? Or will it influence the way educational reform...