Political and institutional determinants of private investment in infrastructure: The case of Brazil

February 23, 2022 12:00PM zoom

WHO: Marden de Melo Barboza is a visiting scholar at the MIT and a public servant at the Federal Government in Brazil. He`s been working with infrastructure for the past 5 years and held different positions throughout his professional career, such as Undersecretary for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, Head of the International Affairs Office at the Ministry of Education, Vice President of the Management Board of CAIXA, Director of Special Projects at the Presidency of the Republic and Secretary for Strategic Initiatives at the Presidency of the Republic. He is a Professor of negotiation at Fundação Getúlio Vargas FGV-SP and holds master`s degrees in International Relations (Universidade de Brasília/Brazil) and Public Administration (Harvard University).

WHAT: "Political and institutional determinants of private investment in infrastructure: The case of Brazil"
The public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a relatively new instrument, being increasingly used to provide infrastructure services to the citizens of developing countries. Maybe more important, these new arrangements are reshaping local politics with important consequences for economic agents and policymakers. According to the World Bank, Brazil was the developing country that most used the PPPs model in recent years, ahead of China, India and other large countries. The seminar will present the reasons for the use of PPPs in Brazil, based on literature review and interviews with stakeholders from the public and private sectors.

Latin American Working Group