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Belo Horizonte faced a shortage of school buildings and only had the resources to meet approximately 35% of demand. A bundling public-private partnership (PPP) approach was used to finance, build, and equip new schools, with non-academic services operated under a PPP with a 20-year concession period.
On Sao Paulo metropolitan train lines 8 and 9, a concession contract was issued for operation, maintenance, and upgrade of services and stations, and the supply of rolling stocks and signalling systems. The project attracted significant private sector participation.
Coastline traffic in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, has overwhelmed road capacity. Three highway concession contracts were introduced, using a demand risk sharing mechanism and dynamic user fee model to attract private sector participation.
Pre-COVID-19, two Sao Paulo metro lines carried 1 million passengers daily. A demand sharing mechanism encouraged private sector investment in the concession contract.
Despite abundant surface freshwater, only 84% of Brazil’s people have access to potable water, and only 50% have access to sewerage. Insufficient public funds and limited use of private capital have resulted in limited progress in improving access to water and sanitation. The Corsan Water Supply, Efficiency, and Resilience Project is leveraging private financing to address losses in water distribution and mitigate climate change risks.
The Iguaçu National Park, created in 1939 by Decree No. 1035, houses the largest remnant of Atlantic forest (seasonal semideciduous) in southern Brazil.
The Program "More Light for the Amazon" aims to promote social and economic development of communities located in remote regions of the Legal Amazon, encouraging activities that increase family income and the sustainable use of the natural resources of the Amazon Forest, the integration of actions from the various spheres of the government, and the consequent promotion of citizenship and the dignity of that population.
The Geostationary Satellite for Defense and Strategic Communications is a valuable asset of Brazilian’s government that promotes digital inclusion by covering all Brazilian’s territory and allowing connectivity for the most further regions of the country
The Public Fishing Terminal (TPP) of Manaus was built in 2010 by the National Department of Transport Infrastructure - DNIT, in partnership with the Municipality of Manaus.
In Brazil, this Pipeline Project has the potential to diversify the fuel transportation infrastructure and consequently foster competitiveness and promote market development, resulting in benefits for society as a whole.
The project consists of a road concession procurement for exploiting infrastructure and public services provision for recovery, operation, maintenance, monitoring, conservation, implementation of improvements and maintenance of the service level of the BR-262/ES Highway, in the road section between BR-101 (B) - Viana/ES - up to the frontier between ES/MG; BR-262/MG, in the road section between ES/MG frontier with BR-381/MG - João Monlevade/MG; and BR-381/MG, in the road section between Belo Horizonte/MG to Governador Valadares/MG
Brazilian Decree nº 7.520/2011 and then Decree nº 9.357/ 2018 establishes the National Program for the universalization of Access and Use of Electric Energy - “LUZ PARA TODOS/LIGHT FOR ALL” until the year 2022, intended to provide the service with electricity to the portion of the rural population that does not have access to this public service.
Converting old unused mineshafts and canals into 'geothermal boilers' to produce electricity that can be transported to homes or public spaces.
Combination of sensors and AI to increase sewer capacity and reduce the frequency and magnitude of sewer overflows, especially during high rainfall events.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and pre-fabrication technology being used in conjunction to enable the project to be built virtually before construction, reducing issues or inefficiencies that can arise during the construction stage.
The Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam (the Dam) is located on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
The Piracicaba-Panorama concession in Sao Paulo is one of the largest road concessions in Brazil, spanning a network of highways that covers 1,200km of distance
The development of credit ratings for loans in emerging countries is critical for accessing capital markets
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is mandated to drive social and economic development in Africa through multiple project types including infrastructure
Brazil has a policy named Urban Operations which is used to promote requalification of underdeveloped urban areas through PPPs
V2V technologies are Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) that enable communication between vehicles to avoid accidents and and enable the optimisation of traffic flow.