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What next for Brazil’s healthcare experiment?
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Revisiting the developmental state 5: India and Brazil in the 21st century
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New book by Valbona Muzaka published in SPERI Palgrave series
We are delighted to announce the publication of a further volume in the SPERI series ‘Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research and Policy’ published by Palgrave Macmillan. The author is...
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