Instituto de Estudos Socioeconômicos (INESC)

The Brazilian-based Instituto de Estudos Socioeconômicos (Institute for Socioeconomic Studies, INESC) contributes to the improvement of democratic processes with the aim of guaranteeing human rights. They do this through dialogue with citizens and the strengthening of civil society to influence national and international spaces of governance and the societal conscience.

• Twitter: @InescOficial

• Email: inesc@inesc.org.br

• Publications and resources:

  • Video: Inesc 40 years! Inesc. (2 Apr, 2020).

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Nathalie Beghin

• Currently based in: Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Publications and/or resources:

  • Cernov, A., Pietricovsky, I., and Beghin, N. (13 July, 2020). ‘Budgets are political documents: can they help control the pandemic and fight for justice?’. Open Global Rights.

  • Beghin, N. (8 Mar, 2021). ‘O Auxílio Emergencial faz diferença na vida das mulheres’. Inesc.

  • Behin, N., and Zigoni, C. (20 May, 2019). ‘Fiscal Futures: Bolsonaro is Leading Brazil to the Abyss’. Inesc.

Carmela Zigoni

• Currently based in: Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Publications and/or resources:

  • Behin, N., and Zigoni, C. (20 May, 2019). ‘Fiscal Futures: Bolsonaro is Leading Brazil to the Abyss’. Inesc.

  • Zigoni, C. (14 Dec, 2017). ‘Institutional racism: the sad reality of those who pay taxes and receive no return’. Inesc.