Given the importance attributed to artificial intelligence (AI) and due to its transversal and pervasive nature, many governments worldwide have developed national AI strategies, in a movement of technological competition. So far, 56 countries, plus the European Union (EU), have more or less...

Since the late 1990s, Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) policies have been operated in Brazil mainly through calls for proposals stately-financed by a number of sectorial funds. Each of these funds is named after the economic sector concentrating the tax revenue financing them....

The aim of this study is to discuss the resurgence of the Brazilian defense industry in the last decade. It analyzes the recent historical trend and the prospects created for its companies from the resumption of government policies towards the defense sector, as well as the challenges posed to...

This discussion paper seeks to contribute to the Brazilian urban development debate by analyzing the recent legislation that institutes the Casa Verde Amarela social housing program (CVA). Created in 2020, CVA arose from a provisory executive order (MP 996, of August 25) reformed on January 12,...

This work is divided into two complementary parts. In the first part, we develop a partial equilibrium model, through which it is possible to analyze the influence of tariff modicity and the illegal occupation of poles on four agents: energy distributors, telecommunications operators, and energy...

This Discussion Paper analyzes the implementation of underground networks and their impacts on the energy and telecommunications sectors, through the main benefits, lessons learned regarding international benchmarking and an economic-financial analysis. The implementation of underground...

Unlike information and communication technologies from previous generations, which implementation was more restricted to the corporate world, the triad internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and cloud and edge computing have use in a variety of human activities. If Brazil lost...

This article analyzed the evolution of the regulatory system in the telecommunications sector in Brazil, incorporating important events that have been taking place since privatization, but have not been fully evaluated. Following the framework developed by Levy and Spiller (1993, 1994, 1996),...

We analyze the effect of two 2012's regulatory measures in the Brazilian telecommunications and electricity markets. The first intervention was undertaken by the telecommunications regulatory agency (Anatel) in 18th of July and refers to the interruption of the sales of important...

The ICT Household Survey aims to collect data on information and communication technologies (ICT) access and use in Brazil. We use this research to elaborate two exercises. The first one applies logistic regression to determine the factors responsible for connecting a domicile to the Internet....