The report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. Mariana Prats co-ordinated the report, under the direction of Monica Brezzi, Head of the Governance Indicators and Performance Division (GIP).
The report was drafted by Santiago González, Emma Phillips, Mariana Prats and Sina Smid. Barbara Baredes and Nara Pavao contributed significantly with thorough research and drafting some sections of the report. The report greatly benefitted from comments provided by Karine Badr, Frédéric Boehm, Monica Brezzi, Laura Córdoba Reyes, Gillian Dorner, David Goessmann, Camila Saffirio and Marie Whelan from GOV; and Isabelle Chatry, María Varinia Michalun and Geoff Upton from the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities Directorate. Editorial assistance was provided by Meral Gedik, Sally Hinchcliffe and Andrea Uhrhammer.
The team in the Controladoria-Geral da União in charge of co-ordinating and supervising this study was composed of Pepe Tonin, Henrique Fernandes Nascimento, Renata Figuereido, Otavio Moreira de Castro Neves, and Tatiana Petry, under the leadership of Izabela Correa, Secretary of Public Integrity. Carolina Carbalhido also provided key support during early stages of the study. The OECD team acknowledges insights provided by experts and national stakeholders in the 38 interviews carried out during May-July 2022, as well as valuable inputs provided in July 2022 by minority leaders from the Amazon region. The OECD would like to thank all people interviewed for their time and inputs.