Population growth and urbanization in Brazil in the 1980s

"The population of Brazil has undergone important demographic changes in the last decades. These were ignored by those in charge of public policies. This article describes these changes--decrease in the annual volume of births, aging of the population, decrease in family size, and in the population growth of large cities, and increasing of medium-sized cities in the country side--and discusses their effects on the demand [for] public services." (SUMMARY IN ENG)