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The Brazilian Way of Doing Public Administration

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The Brazilian Way of Doing Public Administration: Brazil with an ‘s’

Edited by

Erika Lisboa

Centro Universitário de Brasília, Brazil

Ricardo Corrêa Gomes

Fundação Getulio Vargas São Paulo School of Business, Brazil

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Humberto Falcão Martins

Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil

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Dedication

We dedicate this book to our family, our academic fellows and practitioners, and to everyone who has dedicated their lives to the endeavour of improving public administration and public policy to make Brazil a better country to live in.

About the Contributors

Welles Matias de Abreu received his PhD (2017) in Administration from the University of Brasília. He is a Brazilian federal public servant (since 1998) in the position of Senior Planning and Budget Analyst at the Federal Budget Secretariat. He is Professor at IBMEC working on postgraduate courses. He has professional experience focused on public budgeting, government planning, strategic management, organisational modernisation, people management, institutional development, combating corruption and money laundering, information systems management, fiscal transparency, external resource management, engagement of civil society, and audit focused on risk management. He has served as Manager in Ministries related to public policies on Planning and Budget, Social Security, Social Assistance, Labour, Environment, Electricity and Water, as well as Director of External Resources within the scope of International Cooperation in the Environment. He serves on the scientific Editorial Board of the Revista de Administração e Contabilidade da Unisinos (BASE). He has received the best paper awards in public administration from ENANPAD 2017 and EBAP 2021.

Sandro Cabral is a Professor of Strategy and Public Management, and MPP Program Director at Insper (a leading nonprofit business school in Brazil). He is also an on-leave faculty at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. He investigates the impact of organisational choices and strategic actions of public, private and nonprofits on performance. He is also interested in the boundaries of public and private organisations and in the challenges associated to improved value creation, value appropriation and accountability in the public–private realm. His research is placed somewhere between Strategic Management and Public Administration fields and has been published in reputable journals such as Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategy Science, Long Range Planning, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Public Choice, among others.

Cristina Castro-Lucas is currently a Professor at the University of Brasília (Brazil) and coordinates the Biotechnology Graduate Program at this university. She is the creator of the Glória Artificial Intelligence Institute, a platform for social transformation that aims to end violence against women and girls in the world. One of the many projects she’s involved in is as a leader and activist at the STEAM Power for Girls, joint with the US Embassy in Brazil, that focuses on promoting education on STEAM for girls among 16- to 19-year-olds in public schools, aiming to increase the number of scientists coming from vulnerable communities. In addition, she's currently the curator at MIT Sloan Management Review Brasil and served as a judge in NASA's Space Apps Contest. She also holds a position of Ambassador of WEAmericas Program for Women Empowerment – US Department of State; Ambassador of WEDO Brazil (Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organisation).

Fernando de Souza Coelho is an Associate Professor of Public Management at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. He was a Visiting Fellow, in a post-doctoral internship, at the Department of Management of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the United Kingdom in 2019, and nowadays is a Visiting Professor at the University of Vigo (UVigo) in Spain. He was Associate Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Public Administration (RAP) between 2015 and 2022 and Coordinator of the Academic Division of Public Administration of ANPAD in the triennium 2018–2020, in addition to being a member of the Scientific Committee of the CONSAD Congress (2015–2017) and chaired the Brazilian Society for Public Administration (SBAP) in the 2016–2018 biennium. He is currently a member of the Consulting Board of the Oficina Municipal (OM) and of the Education Committee of the Center for Public Leadership (CLP), and a Lecturer in several Government Schools such as ENAP and ISC-TCU. He has a PhD in Public Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).

Claudia Costin is the Founder and Director of FGV CEIPE-Center for Educational Policies, a think-and-do tank within Getulio Vargas Foundation, a leading private university in Brazil where she is a professor. She is a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a Senior Director for Global Education in the World Bank. Claudia was Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro and Federal Minister for Public Administration and State Reform. In 2018 she joined the Global Commission for the Future of Work at the International Labor Organization (ILO) and more recently she joined both Governing Boards from Unesco UIL – Institute for Lifelong Learning and Qatar Foundation. She is a week columnist for Folha de São Paulo, a most prestigious newspaper in Brazil, and a commentator for Education at CNN Brazil.

Leandro Freitas Couto, PhD in International Relations from Universidade de Brasília, is a Planning and Budget Analyst since 2002. He has worked in different areas in public administration, such as General Coordinator of strategic planning, General Coordinator of Territorial Planning, Director of Multi-Year Plan Management Cycle, which involved the intersections among plans, budgets, management and financial system. Since 2016, he has been a researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA, Brazil), where he develops research studies on planning and budget systems and methods, and budgetary governance. He is also a Professor at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP) on ex ante analysis and budgetary governance courses and a book organiser and author of book chapters and discussion papers published by IPEA.

Eleonora Schettini Martins Cunha is retired professor at the Department of Political Science at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), and holds a PhD in Political Science (UFMG and doctoral internship at the University of Coimbra), with a master's degree in Political Science (UFMG). She also is a Bachelor of Social Work (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Post-Graduate (Specialisation) in Social Policies and Social Movements (Federal University of Pará) and Social Policy and Social Work (Brasília University) as well as Guest Professor at the Pontifical Catholic of Minas Gerais and at the Legislative School at Minas Gerais legislative assembly and Researcher at the Interinstitutional Center for Social Policy Analysis (CIAPSoc) based at UFMG. She is collaborating researcher at the Observatory of Public Health Policies at Federal University of Ceará (UFC), collaborator of the National Council of Social Assistance, the State Council of Social Assistance of Minas Gerais and the Municipal Council of Social Assistance of Belo Horizonte. Her main research areas include Public Policies, Social Assistance Policy, Democratic Theory and Democratic Participation.

Andreza Davidian is a PhD candidate in Public Administration and Government at the EAESP/FGV in cotutelle of thesis with the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, and also holds an MSc in Political Science and a BSc in Social Sciences, both from the University of São Paulo. She is a research assistant at the Center for Politics and Economics of the Public Sector (CEPESP/FGV), also affiliated to the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). In 2020 she was in an internship at the Laboratoire Printemps (UVSQ) and from September 2022 to February 2023 she will be a visiting research fellow at the Sciences Po's Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics. Her research interests include Health Policies and Politics, Social Welfare Institutions, Health Systems Governance and Policy Elites. Her research is funded by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel from the Ministry of Education.

Fabio Feldmann graduated in Law from the Universidade de São Paulo and in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas. In the 1970s and 1980s he established himself as one of the leaders in Brazilian environmentalism, specialising in major national causes and international repercussions. He actively participated in international debates on Sustainable Development and was cited in the Brundtland Commission Report ‘Our Commonwealth Future’. Feldmann served in the Brazilian national congress as a three-term elected deputy from São Paulo state. He also served as the Director of the São Paulo State's Environmental Ministry. Feldmann has been at the forefront of global warming and biodiversity issues for decades. Among other initiatives, he was responsible for founding the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change, which is chaired by the President of the Republic of Brazil.

More recently, Feldmann has turned his considerable energy and attention to Sustainable Development issues. He is a regular debater for the main newspaper of TV Cultura in São Paulo, writes opinion articles for the main Brazilian newspapers and is in great demand for public lectures and commentary on Brazilian environmental concerns and Brazil's role on a global scale.

Renato Fenili holds a PhD and a master's degree in Administration from the University of Brasília. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Brasília and former Purchasing Director at the Chamber of Deputies. He currently holds the Deputy Management position at the Ministry of Economy, governing the issue of public logistics in the Federal Executive Branch. He is also a writer and international public speaker on the subject of national public procurement and administrative contracts, innovation and entrepreneurship. He is Brazil's representative in the Inter-American Government Procurement Network and chairman of the Management Committee of the National Public Procurement Network. He was a former officer of the Brazilian Navy.

Hamilton Ferreira Jr. is an Associate Professor of Economics, Federal University of Bahia – UFBA (1980–2022). He has a PhD in Economics from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP – Brazil 1993). He has a master's in Economics from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (1983), and a bachelor's in Economics from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (l978). His research areas of interest are Economic Development, Industrial and Technology Economics, and Health Economics.

Fernando Filgueiras is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) and Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He is an affiliate faculty of the Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, USA, and Researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology – Digital Democracy. He is Professor of the PhD Programme in Public Policy at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP).

Alerino Silva Filho holds a bachelor's degree in Administration in Science and Technology Policy from Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília (2005). In National Council for Scientific and Tecnological Development he was Coordinator of State Partnerships (2006–2008), Assistant to General Coordinator in Health Sciences (2009–2010), Director's Assistant (2011–2018) and Coordinator of Statistics and Indicators (former Coordination of Data and Informations between 2018 and 2020). Since 2020 he has been an Assistant to the Director of Agricultural, Biological and Health Sciences. He was the former Executive Secretary of Lattes Commission, and has experience in the area of Public Administration, with an emphasis in Science and Technology Planning, statistics, indicators, MoUs, agreements, budget and finance, systems management, databases and computational decision support tools (data warehouse and business intelligence). He is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish. He was the developer of RetrOrangePi OS (a Linux-based retrogaming distribution).

Elize Massard da Fonseca, PhD, is Associate Professor of Public Administration at the São Paulo School of Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the Latin America and Caribbean Center at the London School of Economics (LACC/LSE). She specialises in pharmaceutical regulation in Latin America, health industry policy and the politics of infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C).

Francisco Gaetani holds a PhD in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Master in Public Administration and Public Policy (LSE). He is a specialist in Public Policy and Government Management (EPPGG) and graduated in Economic Sciences from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He worked in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he occupied Brazil's General Coordinator position. He is a former Director at Fundação João Pinheiro; Academic Planning Advisor at UFMG; Planning Advisor of the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and Project Manager of the State Department of Labor and Social Action of the State of Minas Gerais. In the Public Administration, he held positions of executive secretary, deputy executive secretary and management secretary of the Ministry of Planning (MP). He was also Executive Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment (MMA). He served as Director of Training at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP). He is a Professor in the master's degree of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE). He is President of the Board of Republica.org Institute and also Fellow of the Arapyaú Institute and of the Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais (CEBRI).

Ricardo Corrêa Gomes holds a PhD in Public Management issued by Aston Business School (2003), a master's degree in Public Administration issued by Fundação Getulio Vargas (1995) and a bachelor's in Business (FESO, 1985). He has a Productivity Scholarship level 1D issued by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) since 2009; he is Adjunct Professor in Public Management at Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP). He is Associate Editor at Public Management Review; member of the Scientific Board of the journals JPART, Public Administration, International Journal of Public Services Management and Financial Accountability & Management.

Alexandre de Avila Gomide, PhD in Public Administration and Government from Fundação Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, is a tenured researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA, Brazil). He is also a permanent Professor in the Graduate Program in Public Administration at the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development, and Research (IDP). His research interests are state capacity, bureaucracy and public policy. His works have been published in DADOS Revista de Ciências Sociais, Governance, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Organizações & Sociedade, Public Utilities, Revista de Administração Pública, Revista de Sociologia e Política, among other prestigious Brazilian and international scientific journals. He is also a book organiser and author of book chapters and discussion papers published by IPEA.

Lauro Gonzalez is Professor at FGV Business School (FGV EAESP) and Director of the Center for Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Studies at FGV. He was Visiting Professor at Columbia University (2015 and 2014) and at Université Paris 9-Dauphine (between 2012 and 2017). His main research areas are Development Finance, Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Housing Public Policies.

Paulo de Martino Jannuzzi is a Professor at the National School of Statistical Science (ENCE/IBGE) and the National School of Public Administration (ENAP). He is a Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). He is consultant at the Public Policy Analysis Department at Fundação Getulio Vargas. He has a Research Productivity Scholarship issued by CNPq. In terms of academic qualifications he has a degree in Computation and Applied Mathematics issued by the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) as well as a master's degree in Public Administration issued by Fundação Getulio Vargas/EAESP. He has a PhD in Demography issued by the Unicamp. He is a Specialist in Society and Politics (State University of Rio de Janeiro) and has a postdoctoral internship in Public Administration (Fundação Getulio Vargas/Ebape). He was Secretary of Evaluation and Information Management of the Ministry of Social Development (2011–2016) and a Member of the Panel of Evaluation Experts of the International Evaluation Office (United Nations Program in New York 2016–2019).

Mauro Borges Lemos is a Full Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal University of Bahia. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Company of Minas Gerais – CEMIG (2015–2016); Minister of Industry and Trade – MDIC (2014); President of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development – ABDI (2011–2014); Board Chair of the Brazilian National Development Bank – BNDES (2014); Full Member of the BNDES Board (2011–2013); Full Member of LIGHT Energy Company (2016–2018) and Scholar at National School of Public Administration – ENAP (2017–2018). He has a PhD in Economics from the University of London, United Kingdom (1993); a Master in Economics at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1983) and Bachelor in Economics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (l977). His research areas of interest are Economic Development and Planning, Regional and Urban Economics, Industrial and Technology Economics, and Economics of Natural Resources.

Evelyn Levy is a Senior Public Sector Specialist, independent consultant working for multilateral organisations on HR management and institutional development issues, for Brazilian and other governments (such as East Timor, Honduras and Cape Verde). She lectures on issues related to Public Sector Management, for public officials. She has been advisor to the National Council of Public Sector Management Secretaries, CONSAD (2007–2017), and has been the scientific coordinator of 10 CONSAD annual Public Management conferences, as well as 10 CONGESP conferences for the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Evelyn Levy has published several articles and chapters on Public Management. She has a PhD from Fundação Getulio Vargas and taught at the University of São Paulo. She has been the National Secretary for Public Management and Deputy Secretary at the State Government of São Paulo. At present Evelyn Levy and Fernando de Souza Coelho prepare ‘The Future of the Civil Service in Subnational governments’ for IEA/USP and Oficina Municipal.

Erika Lisboa is a PhD candidate in Public Administration at FGV/EAESP. She holds a master's degree in Psychology from the University of Brasília. She attended a specialisation course in Business at FGV/EAESP. She majors in Economics by Centro Universitário de Brasília – UniCEUB. She lectures undergraduate and post-graduate courses at Centro Universitário de Brasília – UniCEUB. He has experience in Business Administration, with an emphasis on business management, business plans and innovation. He was a member of the Research Ethics Committee of UniCEUB and researcher at Plural FGV Cemif – Center for Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Studies at FGV. In 2003, she implemented CASULO – Business Incubator at UniCEUB, where she was a mentor and manager until August 2018. She was responsible for the idealisation of acceleration programmes and innovation hub initiatives: Impulse Program at the Brasal Administração e Participações LTDA and Inova Sabin at Sabin Medicina Diagnóstica.

Gabriela Lotta is a Professor of Public Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and a Visiting Professor at Oxford in 2021. She coordinates the Bureaucracy Studies Center (NEB). She is a Professor at the National School of Public Administration, ENAP, a researcher at the Center for Metropolitan Studies (CEM) and a researcher in Brazil.Lab from Princeton University. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Aalborg (Denmark) in 2019. She works mainly in the areas of bureaucracy and policy implementation. She has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals, such as Public Administration, Governance, Lancet, Policy and Politics, among others. She also published 10 books. Lotta received her BSc in Public Administration and PhD in Political Science from the University of São Paulo.

Humberto Falcão Martins holds a PhD in Administration (2003) and a master's in Public Administration (1995) both issued by Fundação Getulio Vargas and a bachelor's degree in Administration (University of Brasilia, 1986). He is currently a Public Management Professor at Fundação Dom Cabral. In the last 35 years he has combined academic activities (at Fundação Getulio Vargas, University of Brasilia, ENSP/France, York University/Canada and LSE/UK) with positions in the public sector (at the Ministry of Administration and State Reform; Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management; Ministry of Finance and at the Presidency) and consultancy (UN, World Bank and Publix Institute, where he acted in benchmark initiatives for the transformation of Brazilian public management).

Leopoldo Gomes Muraro is currently an Attorney for Federal Agencies (2006–) and coordinates the Chamber of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Department of Legal Consultancy – Attorney General for Federal Agencies Office (PGF/AGU). He has been Chief Legal Counsel in National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) since 2022, the main federal research council responsible for funding of Research & Development efforts in Brazil. He holds a master's degree in Public Administration (2018) and is a Specialist in Public Law (2010) – University of Brasília (UnB).