Towards a More Effective BNDES

Founded in 1952, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is a financial entity fully owned by the Brazilian government. It is in the process of redefining its priorities and its role going forward. New operational policies (OP...

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Main Authors: Frischtak, Claudio, Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla, Byskov, Steen, Hernandez Perez, Adriana, Carneiro, Igor Andre
Format: Report
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/306511499659990217/Towards-a-more-effective-BNDES
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spelling okr-10986-283982021-05-25T09:02:54Z Towards a More Effective BNDES Frischtak, Claudio Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla Byskov, Steen Hernandez Perez, Adriana Carneiro, Igor Andre STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE GOVERNANCE LENDING ACTIVITIES Founded in 1952, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is a financial entity fully owned by the Brazilian government. It is in the process of redefining its priorities and its role going forward. New operational policies (OPs) published on January 5, 2017, mark an important milestone. This report aims to contribute to the improvement of BNDES OPs and, more generally, provide a medium- to long-term view of BNDES’ role in the Brazilian economy. It provides a conceptual framework to establish BNDES as a development bank that aims to offset market failures that impose a wedge between private and social rates of return and limit access to term finance. The framework differentiates credit-constraining factors from the presence of externalities. The former might justify facilitating access to long-term financing; only the latter might justify subsidies. The paper then applies the framework and methodology to BNDES’ operations and finds that BNDES has in the past provided financing to many firms that have access to alternative sources and subsidies beyond what could be reasonable in economic terms. The paper provides recommendations to establish BNDES as a more effective and focused development bank, less dependent on the government for funding, and less subject to interference by improving its governance. 2017-09-25T20:22:10Z 2017-09-25T20:22:10Z 2017-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/306511499659990217/Towards-a-more-effective-BNDES http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28398 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
GOVERNANCE
LENDING ACTIVITIES
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
GOVERNANCE
LENDING ACTIVITIES
Frischtak, Claudio
Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla
Byskov, Steen
Hernandez Perez, Adriana
Carneiro, Igor Andre
Towards a More Effective BNDES
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Brazil
description Founded in 1952, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is a financial entity fully owned by the Brazilian government. It is in the process of redefining its priorities and its role going forward. New operational policies (OPs) published on January 5, 2017, mark an important milestone. This report aims to contribute to the improvement of BNDES OPs and, more generally, provide a medium- to long-term view of BNDES’ role in the Brazilian economy. It provides a conceptual framework to establish BNDES as a development bank that aims to offset market failures that impose a wedge between private and social rates of return and limit access to term finance. The framework differentiates credit-constraining factors from the presence of externalities. The former might justify facilitating access to long-term financing; only the latter might justify subsidies. The paper then applies the framework and methodology to BNDES’ operations and finds that BNDES has in the past provided financing to many firms that have access to alternative sources and subsidies beyond what could be reasonable in economic terms. The paper provides recommendations to establish BNDES as a more effective and focused development bank, less dependent on the government for funding, and less subject to interference by improving its governance.
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author Frischtak, Claudio
Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla
Byskov, Steen
Hernandez Perez, Adriana
Carneiro, Igor Andre
author_facet Frischtak, Claudio
Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla
Byskov, Steen
Hernandez Perez, Adriana
Carneiro, Igor Andre
author_sort Frischtak, Claudio
title Towards a More Effective BNDES
title_short Towards a More Effective BNDES
title_full Towards a More Effective BNDES
title_fullStr Towards a More Effective BNDES
title_full_unstemmed Towards a More Effective BNDES
title_sort towards a more effective bndes
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/306511499659990217/Towards-a-more-effective-BNDES
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