Brazil
This chapter examines opportunities and challenges in the implementation of the open government principle of transparency in Brazil. It analyses the country's legal framework for access to information (ATI), including the mechanisms and tools for proactive and reactive disclosure and provides an assessment of the institutional framework for ATI. Finally, it assesses the role of the broader transparency agenda to enable stakeholder participation in policy design and decision-making. Throughout, the chapter provides recommendations and reflects on good practices from OECD and key partner countries to help the government of Brazil reinforce a culture of transparency.
Six talented early-career scientists participated in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012 with a grant from the International Social Science Council, supported by the Swedish International Development Agency. Two of them, Diana Sanchez Betancourt from the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa and Dominik Reusser from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, share their views on the outcome of Rio+20.
This chapter identifies the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation raises for trade, including in the context of the COVID-19 recovery. It suggests that Brazil’s ability to benefit from digital trade will depend on whether it can create a policy environment that is conducive to further digital adoption. This will allow Brazil to leverage digital technologies to enable i) more trade in sectors of existing comparative advantage (namely natural resource based sectors); ii) more trade in sectors that have a high digital footprint (e.g. digitally deliverable services); and iii) greater participation in regional and global value chains which, to date, remains low.
This book focuses on the role of exchange rate regimes, market imperfections and trade policy to support the strengthening and diversification of the tradable sector in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Moreover, it analyses the agro-food sector, one of the pillars of the tradable sector in the region, and the role of foreign direct investment and competition policy. Overall it provides an integrated and original policy perspective on the factors underlying international competitiveness.
The potential of digital technologies to spur more open and collaborative processes was always assumed to be one of the greatest assets of the digital revolution in Brazil. This chapter seeks to explore what can provide a transformative catalyst to digital service delivery beyond technology. The chapter focuses on the digital transformation of public service delivery in Brazil, discussing topics such as the relevance of digital-by-design approaches, the use of emerging technologies and the future development of cross-border services in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.
This chapter begins with a look at the application of risk assessment in audit selection generally and the corresponding need for sound evidence. The focus then shifts to Brazil and education, describing the complexity of auditing in a decentralised policy area. The chapter points to the existing wealth of high-quality education data in Brazil, and shows how a logic model can be applied to the sector to select significant indicators and thereby identify potential problems in policy implementation. Risk scenarios are then described, as is their application in six-step process for risk-based audit selection. The chapter concludes by noting how IT can be a useful tool in supporting audit selection in Brazil.
This Chapter focuses on the current status of social accountability in Brazil and seeks to identify ways to improve its implementation within a broader integrated open government agenda. The Chapter outlines the legal, policy and regulatory frameworks in place which underpin the existing institutional arrangement for this type of accountability. It then elucidates the main web of public bodies with a relevant mandate and suggests recommendations to safeguard their autonomy and ensure they can fulfil their assigned responsibilities. Lastly, the Chapter highlights some of the existing initiatives and mechanisms for greater vertical and horizontal accountability and offers ways to take a more forward-looking approach to their implementation, coupled with high-level commitment for improved responsiveness across the public administration.
This chapter provides a brief reminder of the issues facing the Santa Catarina education system and recapitulates the main recommendations of the substantive chapters to promote a viable reform strategy for the State Secretariat for Education.