“…With regards to acess to the PAA and PNAE, recent literature on the subject contains mostly qualitative analyses (Turpin, 2009;Triches and Schneider, 2010;Torres et al, 2011;Lopes and Almeida, 2012;Melão, 2012;Dias et al, 2013;Valnier and Ricci, 2013;Hilgert et al 2014;Mota et al, 2014;Santos et al, 2014;Simão et al, 2014). Analyses with quantitative indicators regarding these programs are not available, and even if they were, caution would be necessary when adopting these studies' methodologies as a standard, seeing as both are nationwide programs, whose effectiveness depends mainly on the socioeconomic performance of the cities where they operate, which are known to be widely heterogeneous, as well as the abilities and interest of the involved public managers.…”