Brazil Planning Minister bemoans short-termism in public policies
While announcing new government framework, Tebet blames lack of prospective thinking in government policymaking for “immense social inequality” in Brazil
Planning Minister Simone Tebet stated on Monday (31) that the lack of public-policy planning in Brazil led to the lack of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic and the “immense social inequality that Brazil is experiencing.”
Ms. Tebet also criticized the short-term focus of governments that design public policies with the next election in mind.
“Without long-term planning, there is no legal certainty. In other words, nobody wants to invest in the country,” she asserted. “A very clear example: the high food prices are a major issue for national economic policy, aren’t them? If we had done our homework over the past 30 years, this wouldn’t be happening. We needed plans to address crop losses, such as through pasture recovery. And, beyond farms, by controlling waste in markets and our homes, combating illegal deforestation in the Amazon, so there wouldn’t be a lack of rain in the Central-West and crops wouldn’t fail.”
Ms. Tebet was in São Paulo for a ministry event titled Dialogues for Building the Brazil 2050 Strategy, which is aimed at developing a long-term plan to guide the country’s development based on guidelines promoting sustainability, integration, and growth over the next 25 years.
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