This review was undertaken by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, in co-operation with the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC), later merged into a new and enlarged Ministry of Economy.
The study was co‑ordinated and edited by Marco Marchese (Policy Analyst, CFE). The report was drafted by a team involving Marco Marchese (main responsibility for Chapters 1 and 2 and parts of Chapters 3 and 5); Kris Boschmans (Policy Analyst, CFE – main responsibility for Chapter 3 and parts of Chapter 5); Marco Bianchini (Policy Analyst, CFE – main responsibility for Chapter 8 and parts of Chapter 5); Lois Stevenson (independent consultant – main responsibility for Chapter 6); Ricardo Arroja (independent consultant – main responsibility for Chapter 7); Amanda Bullough (University of Delaware – main responsibility for parts of Chapter 5); and Roseli Alves (seconded staff from Brazil’s Ministry of Economy – main responsibility for Chapter 4). Additional written inputs were prepared by Erika Soki (Intern, CFE), while statistical support was provided by Thanh Tran (Junior Policy Analyst, CFE). Anne Legendre (Statistician, Economics Department) prepared the “Basic Statistics of Brazil” page. Heather Mortimer Charoy (Assistant, CFE) provided project support.
The report benefited from comments of the members of the Steering Group of the review, who also provided written inputs in the form of good-practice policy examples (international learning models) from their own respective countries. The members of the Steering Group were Deborah Matthews and Peter Whittington (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom), Ana Costa Paula (Ministry of Economy, Portugal), and Tanja Wulf (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany). Jens Arnold (Head of the Country Desk of Argentina and Brazil, OECD Economics Department) and Miriam Koreen (Senior Counsellor, CFE) also provided valuable comments to the report.
This report could not have been drafted without the support and continued engagement of key stakeholders from Brazil. Numerous individuals from government organisations, associations, academics, think tanks and other institutions provided vital information and feedback throughout the drafting process. Their assistance during the kick-off and fact-finding missions, the detailed information submitted through the questionnaire, and constructive comments on earlier draft versions of this report proved crucial to the finalisation of this study. Special thanks are reserved for José Ricardo de Freitas Martins da Veiga (former Secretary for Micro and Small Businesses, Federal Government of Brazil) and Patricia Lima Favaretto (Trade Analyst, Federal Government of Brazil) for providing tireless support throughout most of the project duration. Liliane Trinidade de Sousa (Trade Analyst, Federal Government of Brazil), Pabline Araújo Reis (Trade Analyst, Federal Government of Brazil), Jorge Hargrave (Programme Director, Federal Government of Brazil) and Juliana Natrielli (Sub-Secretary for Micro and Small Businesses, Federal Government of Brazil) also supported the project at different stages.
The report would not have been possible without the financial support of the UK Prosperity Fund of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Special thanks go to Samantha Albuquerque (UK Embassy in Brazil), who followed the whole implementation of the project.