title: Impacts of social research on policy formulation:  lessons from the Brazilian experience in the population field.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martine
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Faria
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005298:Fertility; D005843:Geography; D007843:Latin America; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012424:Rural Population; D012939:Social Planning; D013020:South America; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Brazil; Data Collection; Data Sources; Decision Making; Demographic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Economic Factors; Fertility; Geographic Factors; Historical Survey; Latin America; Migration; Mortality; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Control; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Program Specialists; Population Programs; Research Methodology; Rural Spatial Distribution; Social Planning; Social Policy; South America; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution