State Transformation in Brazil Designing: mission-oriented public procurement, state owned enterprises and digital public infrastructure to advance sustainable and inclusive growth edited by Mariana Mazzucato published by UCL/IIPP (1/2025)
The Government of Brazil has committed to a model of economic development that prioritises decarbonising the economy, along with tackling hunger, extreme poverty and inequality. Its agenda of economic transformation – which is being advanced through initiatives such as the Ecological Transition Plan, the New Growth Acceleration Plan, the mission-oriented New Industrial Policy, and the Climate Plan – is deliberately bringing economic, social and environmental priorities into alignment. However, realising its full potential will require a parallel agenda of state transformation, to empower the public service to successfully direct growth and shape markets that work for the people of Brazil and for the planet (Mazzucato, 2023b; 2024). The success of the government’s economic agenda will require a whole-of government, cross-sectoral approach oriented around achieving shared goals, or “missions” (Mazzucato, 2018a; 2021), enabled by partnerships, capabilities, tools and institutions that are fit for purpose. This report explores the design and governance of public procurement, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and digital public infrastructure (DPI) as central elements of the government’s wider agenda of state transformation.
