Seven Privatisation and policy decision-making in Brazil
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Licinio Velasco
Abstract
This chapter focus on the public development bank and offer a historical analysis of the privatisation of State enterprises in Brazil through the – initially circumstantial – activities of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in developing the models for the transfer of ownership deployed particularly by the administrations of Fernando Henrique Cardoso in line with macroeconomic adjustment in the 1990s. The long period of divestment of major assets converged with the steadily growing authority and capacity of the BNDES and its technical staff to nurture each cycle of government with information and solutions for decision making. Despite the complexity of the factors that impelled and restrained cycles of privatisation under different governments, the authors highlight the capacity of the BNDES to influence the process, motivated both by interest as a quota-holder and by its policy agenda. The diagnoses, analyses and recommendations produced by its more strategic technical staff were crucial in reducing vetoes and taking circumstantial opportunities.
Abstract
This chapter focus on the public development bank and offer a historical analysis of the privatisation of State enterprises in Brazil through the – initially circumstantial – activities of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in developing the models for the transfer of ownership deployed particularly by the administrations of Fernando Henrique Cardoso in line with macroeconomic adjustment in the 1990s. The long period of divestment of major assets converged with the steadily growing authority and capacity of the BNDES and its technical staff to nurture each cycle of government with information and solutions for decision making. Despite the complexity of the factors that impelled and restrained cycles of privatisation under different governments, the authors highlight the capacity of the BNDES to influence the process, motivated both by interest as a quota-holder and by its policy agenda. The diagnoses, analyses and recommendations produced by its more strategic technical staff were crucial in reducing vetoes and taking circumstantial opportunities.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xv
- Policy analysis in Brazil: the state of the art 1
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Styles and Methods of Policy Analysis in Brazil
- Professionalisation of policy analysis in Brazil 13
- Policy analysis styles in Brazil 27
- Modernisation of the state and bureaucratic capacity-building in the Brazilian Federal Government 39
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Policy Analysis by Governments and the Legislature
- Policy analysis and governance innovations in the federal government 55
- Policy monitoring and evaluation systems: recent advances in Brazil’s federal public administration 69
- Privatisation and policy decision-making in Brazil 81
- Production of policy-related information and knowledge in Brazil: the state government agencies 95
- Policy analysis at the municipal level of government 107
- The role of the Brazilian legislature in the public policy decision-making process 119
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Parties, Councils, Interest Groups and Advocacy-Based Policy Analysis
- Brazil’s National Council for Social Assistance and the policy community supporting social assistance as a right 135
- Brazil’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic: integrating prevention and treatment 149
- Media and policy analysis in Brazil: the process of policy production, reception and analysis through the media 163
- Parties and public policy: programmatic formulation and political processing of constitutional amendments 177
- Business associations and public policy analysis 191
- Policy analysis in non-governmental organisations and the implementation of pro-diversity policies 205
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Academic and Research Institute-Based Policy Analysis
- Expert community and sectoral policy: the Brazilian Sanitary Reform 219
- Brazilian think tanks: between the past and the future 233
- Policy analysis by academic institutions in Rio de Janeiro State 249
- Postgraduate instruction and policy analysis training in Brazil 261
- Index 273
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xv
- Policy analysis in Brazil: the state of the art 1
-
Styles and Methods of Policy Analysis in Brazil
- Professionalisation of policy analysis in Brazil 13
- Policy analysis styles in Brazil 27
- Modernisation of the state and bureaucratic capacity-building in the Brazilian Federal Government 39
-
Policy Analysis by Governments and the Legislature
- Policy analysis and governance innovations in the federal government 55
- Policy monitoring and evaluation systems: recent advances in Brazil’s federal public administration 69
- Privatisation and policy decision-making in Brazil 81
- Production of policy-related information and knowledge in Brazil: the state government agencies 95
- Policy analysis at the municipal level of government 107
- The role of the Brazilian legislature in the public policy decision-making process 119
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Parties, Councils, Interest Groups and Advocacy-Based Policy Analysis
- Brazil’s National Council for Social Assistance and the policy community supporting social assistance as a right 135
- Brazil’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic: integrating prevention and treatment 149
- Media and policy analysis in Brazil: the process of policy production, reception and analysis through the media 163
- Parties and public policy: programmatic formulation and political processing of constitutional amendments 177
- Business associations and public policy analysis 191
- Policy analysis in non-governmental organisations and the implementation of pro-diversity policies 205
-
Academic and Research Institute-Based Policy Analysis
- Expert community and sectoral policy: the Brazilian Sanitary Reform 219
- Brazilian think tanks: between the past and the future 233
- Policy analysis by academic institutions in Rio de Janeiro State 249
- Postgraduate instruction and policy analysis training in Brazil 261
- Index 273
