Juliana Michelon

Brazilian fiscal reform and privatization debates in 2020

On July 5th, Paulo Guedes, ministry of economy in Brazil, gave an interview to CNN Brazil and spoke about his expectation on fiscal reform and privatization proposals still in 2020. He explained that fiscal reform was a priority to the current administration, but the crisis of covid-19 redirected attention to solving issues of population’s health,ContinueContinue reading “Brazilian fiscal reform and privatization debates in 2020”

Foreign investors debate the Amazon forest

Hamilton Mourao (vice-president) and federal ministers (listed below) participated in a videoconference with foreign capital investors (also listed below) to discuss matters related to the Amazon forest. Mourao coordinates the Conselho da Amazonia (national council for the issue of Amazonia), and he proposes to recover the structure of environmental fiscalization. He says that today, theContinueContinue reading “Foreign investors debate the Amazon forest”

Methods for policy analysis

Just came across this twitter post from @ThiagoGdeAragao on reading political scenarios and thought it is worth sharing (and certainly applying!). According to him, what we see, debate, hate and love in politics in only the tip of an iceberg – there are many variables underneath the surface. First, we must understand that each individualContinueContinue reading “Methods for policy analysis”

COVID-19 on Telecommunications

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) shared today an insightful article for the telecommunications industry in all its social, economic and political dimensions. Their findings on the impact of the global-scale social distancing (due to COVID-19) on our telecommunications networks trigger important public policy debates on topics such as net neutrality, spectrum management and question regardingContinueContinue reading “COVID-19 on Telecommunications”

EU new guidelines for AI Regulation

Brussels has resealed a white paper with new guidelines for regulating Artificial Intelligence. For some reason, I find the directive of informing citizens that they are interacting with AI particularly interesting. The news below is a copy from the MIT Technology Review mailing from February 20th 2020. ____ The EU just released new guidelines forContinueContinue reading “EU new guidelines for AI Regulation”