The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is Brazil's main institution for promoting national development. However, the bank has been losing strength and undergoing reformulations over time. Several...
The precedence afforded in recent decades to environmental issues and to the centrality of a sustainable development agenda has led financial institutions to redefine and redirect their funding as well...
This factsheet is an updated version of the factsheet “Development Banks in the BRICS Countries”, published in 2013 by the BRICS Policy Center and Ibase....
This Quarterly Brief seeks to analyze similarities and differences between the new Brazilian CIFAs and traditional bilateral investment agreements - as well as to evaluate them in light of alternative...
This research aims to contribute to both the advancement of the scholarly debate on the engagement of HEIs in social innovation initiatives, and the promotion of more inclusive and sustainable...
This Policy Brief analysis how the BASIC countries have incorporated gender and energy issues in their NDCs and assesses some of the interrelations between key energy and gender inequalities of...
The objective of this publication is to study the institutional dynamics of Brazilian development cooperation, focusing on technical cooperation, during the period 2003 to 2013, especially with regard to the...
This fact sheet outlines an overview about the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Forum Macao)....
This Policy Brief discusses the process of the creation of the NBD, its significance for financing development, and finally its effects....
On November 13 and 14, the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis (Ibase), with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Mott Foundation, organized the seminar "BNDES and...