Amid a shifting policymaking environment from private to public, volume one of this report discusses how public policies could attract more and better private investments. In attracting back private capital, this report argues that Brazil must do three things. First, it must eliminate remaining...

This paper examines the current regulation of public-private partnerships (PPP) and concessions of public services in Brazil. Under the Brazilian Constitution, the government must provide or build certain public utility services or infrastructure works directly, by using its own departments and...

Managing water and sanitation services involves a complex task due to the characteristics of the public goods which are involved. The large amount of capital requirements in their very specific forms creates the structure of natural monopolies which require either public operation or strong...