Does the politics of blame avoidance among elected public authorities jeopardize policies' compliance and effectiveness to confront health crises in complex government systems? We propose a theoretical framework that explores how blame avoidance games can jeopardize public policies'...

Brazil is going through two major simultaneous crises. Parallel to the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil faces a political crisis of reasonable proportions with conflicts between the Presidency of the Republic and several institutions of the Brazilian state, both at the federal and the...

Portuguese abstract: O BNDES durante mais de 60 anos foi o responsável principal pelo financiamento de projetos de longo prazo. Nascido da extinta CMBEU, o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico (ainda sem o S de sustentável) tinha como tarefa promover liquidez para investimentos...