The Brazilian government has US$ 1.3 billion to invest in sustainable projects in the area of infrastructure. The amount is part of an agreement signed between the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Inter-American Development Bank, the IDB, during the Brazil Investment Forum, which took place this week in São Paulo.
The information was confirmed by the Minister of the Ministry, Marcelo Sampaio, who participates this Sunday in the program Brazil on the agenda. “The agreement with the IDB, it aims at this structuring of this agenda seeking to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, CO2, balance this transport matrix, and it is a donation that the IDB is making to us around US$ 1.3 billion”.
During the two-day meeting, organized by the IDB in partnership with Apex-Brasil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), the Brazilian government sought to attract more investment to the country through high-level meetings with investors from other countries. countries.
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, last year Brazil received US$ 50.367 billion in foreign direct investments, those that go directly to productive activity.
Marcelo Sampaio added that in meetings with delegations from Switzerland and Canada, the topic was also on the negotiating table. “It is an agenda that we are, especially in the area of infrastructure, taking very seriously in our projects. Our projects today are all eligible to receive green investment.”
Brazil’s entry into the OECD
The Minister of Infrastructure also spoke about Brazil’s accession process to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Sampaio defended that the adhesion will bring a seal of quality, confirming the improvement of the country’s business environment.
Sampaio recalled that many investments around the world can only be directed to countries that are part of the OECD. “At the end of last year I was in Portugal and we had a meeting with Brisa, which is the concessionaire that operates most of the road concessions in Portugal. They want to operate in Brazil, with a huge appetite to enter Brazil, but, unfortunately, they said: we can only enter countries that are members of the OECD.”
The OECD was created in 1961. Based in Paris, France, it has 38 member countries, both rich and developing, that seek to harmonize their legislation in favor of sustainable economic growth.
O Brazil on the agenda with the Minister of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio, will air this Sunday, June 19, at 10:30 pm, on TV Brazil.
