This paper examines the newly designed electricity auctions in Brazil. Firstly we describe the auction mechanism that is currently used to allocate contracts between generators and distributors. Secondly, we report the auction results. Finally, the paper concludes with some of the lessons drawn...

Background: COVID-19 reached Latin-American countries slightly later than European countries, around February/March, allowing some emergency preparedness response in countries characterized by low health system capacities and socioeconomic disparities. Objective: This paper focuses on the first...