Instituto Brasileiro de Analises Sociais e Economicas (IBASE)
Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis
IBASE was founded in 1981 for the purpose of contributing to public debates around a diverse set of social issues in Brazil. IBASE seeks to build a democratic culture of rights, strengthen the associative fabric of civil society, and broaden citizen participation in policy making. IBASE has chosen to focus its applied budget work program on the analysis of the main public agency dedicated to development finance in Brazil, the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social, or the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), a state corporation with a budget greater than that of the World Bank and with vast influence in development projects within Brazil and other countries in the region. The goal is to monitor the budget of a singularly relevant state corporation with regard to matters of development finance in Brazil. Read IBASE’s Profile
Details
Name
- Fátima Mello State and Economic Democratization Program Officer
More info
- http://www.ibase.br
- +55 21 2178 9400
- +55 21 2178 9402
Address
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Av. Rio Branco 124, 8 Andar
Centro Rio de Janeiro - RJ
CEP 20148-900
Brazil
Area of Expertise
- Federal and local budget analysis
- Participatory budgets
- Children policies
- Income distribution
- Budget trainings
- Democratization
- Food security
- Public policy analysis
- Social and corporate responsibility
- Solidarity economy
- Monitoring transparency policies of BNDES
Publications
- The Art of Getting in the Way: Five Years of the BNDES Platform by Peter Spink, 2013
- Budget Work and Democracy Building: The case of IBASE in Brazil by Paolo de Renzio and Jim Schultz, 2006
- Financial Crisis and Democratic Deficit by Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho and Jan Allen Kregel, 2009
Major Current Activities
- IBASE's Profile 2011 – Briefly describes the main budget analysis and advocacy activities of the organization and its involvement with the International Budget Partnership's Partnership Initiative.
- Chlidren budget analysis at the local level
- Training of key social actors on budget analysis sklils
- Building indicators to help decisionmakers make informed decisions based on the real needs of the population
- Jornal da Cidadania
- Boletim IBASE