Its research activities provide technical and institutional support for government actions for the formulation and reformulation of public policies and Brazilian development programs.

The work of Ipea is made available to society through numerous regular and electronic and print publications, events and via weekly TV show in a closed channel - many publications can be seen on this link, and bu searching on the top right of the page hundreds of articles are available.

among the most visible ngo's in rio is rio como vamos (rio how we are doing), is a movement created in 2007 by a group of cariocas who wanted to improve the quality of life in the city.