Coleta de dados por computadores de mão para censos de proporções continentais

Para tornar a coleta e a consolidação de dados mais ágeis e econômicas, aumentando a segurança sobre os dados, o IBGE está realizando a Contagem da População e o Censo Agropecuário 2007 com alternativa tecnológica para uso de computadores de mão – PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant). É uma inovação mundial, pois nenhum país, nessas dimensões, já realizou tal operação. A ação dispensa questionários em papel, substituídos por perguntas na tela do PDA, equipado com GPS para localizar estabelecimentos agropecuários por coordenadas. O PDA substitui bolsa e grandes volumes em papel. O plano de crítica, para validar informações coletadas, é transformado em programa, rodando em tempo real no PDA, para detecção e correção de dados inconsistentes durante a entrevista, o que antes só era possível após meses. Outro salto em eficiência é a transmissão direta dos dados para o banco de dados do IBGE (sem escanear ou digitar documentos), criando mais confiabilidade e inteligência na etapa de coletaNúmero de páginas: 08 pInovaçãoIniciativa premiada no 12º Concurso Inovação na Gestão Pública Federal sob responsabilidade de Luiz Fernando Pinto Mariano. Ações premiadas no 12º Concurso Inovação na Gestão Pública Federal – 200

Contextual and individual assessment of dental pain period prevalence in adolescents: a multilevel approach

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite evidence that health and disease occur in social contexts, the vast majority of studies addressing dental pain exclusively assessed information gathered at individual level.</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>To assess the association between dental pain and contextual and individual characteristics in Brazilian adolescents. In addition, we aimed to test whether contextual Human Development Index is independently associated with dental pain after adjusting for individual level variables of socio-demographics and dental characteristics.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study used data from an oral health survey carried out in São Paulo, Brazil, which included dental pain, dental exams, individual socioeconomic and demographic conditions, and Human Development Index at area level of 4,249 12-year-old and 1,566 15-year-old schoolchildren. The Poisson multilevel analysis was performed.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Dental pain was found among 25.6% (95%CI = 24.5-26.7) of the adolescents and was 33% less prevalent among those living in more developed areas of the city than among those living in less developed areas. Girls, blacks, those whose parents earn low income and have low schooling, those studying at public schools, and those with dental treatment needs presented higher dental-pain prevalence than their counterparts. Area HDI remained associated with dental pain after adjusting for individual level variables of socio demographic and dental characteristics.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Girls, students whose parents have low schooling, those with low <it>per capita </it>income, those classified as having black skin color and those with dental treatment needs had higher dental pain prevalence than their counterparts. Students from areas with low Human Development Index had higher prevalence of dental pain than those from the more developed areas regardless of individual characteristics.</p

Sistema de suprimento de fundos

O Sistema de Suprimento de Fundos uniformizou os processos de trabalho envolvidos na utilização dos Suprimentos de Fundos, em todas as 24 Unidades Gestoras do IBGE, durante a realização do Censo 2000. As informações processadas no sistema retratam a natureza da despesa realizada até o nível de subitem, de acordo com o registro dos dados das Prestações de Contas. O redirecionamento dos processos de trabalho, resultou numa maior fluidez no âmbito operacional e conseqüente aumento no grau de segurança para a "tomada de decisão" por parte dos Gestores e Ordenadores de Despesa, bem como permitiu à Coordenação de Orçamento e Finanças uma visão mais abrangente de todo o processoNúmero de páginas: 6 p.InovaçãoIniciativa premiada no 6º Concurso Inovação na Gestão Pública Federal sob responsabilidade de Gustavo Adolpho Castilho Freire, assessorAções premiadas no 6º Concurso Inovação na Gestão Pública Federal - Prêmio Hélio Beltrão - 2001Áreas temáticas:gestão financeira e orçamentária; planejamento, gestão e desempenho instituciona

Integrated economic models to support decisions on water pricing in biofuel production river basins: Three case studies from Brazil

Energy securities, increases in fossil fuel prices, and concern about climate change have been major causes of increased bioenergy production. Because biomass production is rural-based and generally labor-intensive, bioenergy development happens mainly in less developed countries. Comprehensive analysis is needed to develop appropriate policies to ensure the sustainability of resource use while promoting economic development. Given this, public policies must promote more efficient inter- and intra-sector water allocation schemes. Economic instruments, such as water pricing and water markets, can be used to avoid transferring negative environmental and economic impacts of meeting global renewable energy targets to production regions. In Brazil, water markets are not allowed, but the law has established raw water charges as a management instrument at the river basin level. However, the majority of bulk water charge systems have been defined exclusively for raising revenue. Integrated economic modeling can be a useful tool to support the design of effective economic instruments. This paper describes the main features of two economic modeling approaches that can support effective water pricing decisions. Three case studies illustrate sugarcane ethanol production river basins in Brazil where water prices have already been established but fail to reflect the real scarcity value of water in the region. In addition, preliminary results of a national-level economic model being built for Brazil show that increasing water charges for the agricultural sector can have significant effects on water demand and agriculture production. The potential benefits of water pricing policy decisions based on economic modeling results are assessed