Privatizar ou não privatizar: eis a questão. A única questão? A reedição da agenda liberal para o saneamento básico no Brasil

Sousa, Ana Cristina Augusto de; Barrocas, Paulo Rubens Guimarães

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“…Os riscos de apostar na privatização incluem um alto custo de reversão, como pesadas indenizações que decorrem da interrupção dos contratos de longo prazo do setor (20-30 anos), e a elevação geral de tarifas. Na gestão pública, a correção é consideravelmente menos custosa, porque o ajuste pode ser feito a cada quatro anos por ocasião das eleições municipais e estaduais 25 .…”

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A pandemia do capital no saneamento

Sousa

2022

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RESUMO Este texto tem o propósito de mostrar que as novas alterações na regulação dos serviços ligados à água são o efeito, em escala nacional, de uma transformação estrutural recente na dinâmica de acumulação capitalista mundial. O objetivo é situar os leitores do campo da saúde no processo de financeirização que avança no setor do saneamento no Brasil e ameaça o direito ao acesso. Para tanto, pretende-se mostrar, a partir da perspectiva da geografia crítica e da ecologia política, como a nova lei do saneamento aprovada durante a pandemia e a proposta de criação de um mercado de águas no Brasil vão ao encontro do movimento das elites internacionais que, diante das crises cíclicas do setor produtivo, buscam nos bens comuns e na natureza novas oportunidades de lucro. Discutem-se, também, o papel do Estado nesse processo e os efeitos mapeados pela literatura que investiga esse assunto.

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A pandemia do capital no saneamento

Sousa

2022

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“…The Administration claims that the fiscal crisis and lack of government funds for the major investments required by the utilities industry do not allow dealing with the huge gap in access to such services, that the public sector cannot meet this demand for investment without the help of private enterprise, and so on. But the fact is that financing is just one of the industry's obstacles, and not even the most important one 7 . Besides, private enterprise could already draw on abundant legal provisions in order to participate in Brazil's utilities industry (Article 175 of the 1988 Federal Constitution, the Concessions Law, public-private partnerships, etc.…”

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Copa do Mundo de 2018: gol das empresas privadas de saneamento no Brasil

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2018

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During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Brazilian Administration issued an Executive Order (MP) that substantially altered the regulatory framework for basic water and sewage utilities (MP n. 844/2018). According to the order, the purpose was "to improve the structural conditions for basic sanitation in the country" 1. The order was signed only a few hours before Brazil's last match, just under the binding deadline according to election-year rules, with the condition that Congress ratify it within 45 days. Opposition to the order drew a broad range of interest groups in the utilities industry. States and municipalities promised to challenge the Executive Order in court, on grounds that it violates the Constitution, and also because they had not been properly consulted. Of all the representative organizations from the sector, only the private companies seemed to be happy with the order. The Brazilian Association of Private Water and Sewage Utility Companies (ABCON) 2 and the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) 3 defended the measure publicly, claiming that it encourages the expansion of private enterprise in the sector. They stated that they intended to help Congress "approve the best possible wording for society and the productive sector" 3. Based on this, the new law has been dubbed the "Executive Order for Privatization of Water and Sewage". The main changes proposed by the order relate to the industry's regulation and contracts on concessions for water and sewage utilities. Briefly, it specifies the National Agency of Water (ANA, for its acronym in Portuguese) as responsible for standardizing the regulation of basic water and sanitation services nationwide and eliminates mandatory municipal sanitation plans as a condition for hiring utility companies. More controversially, the order applies to program contracts (the instrument for collaboration between different levels of government, or between government agencies and public consortia, for common public utilities) the essential clauses for concession contracts provided in Law n. 8,987/1995. Let us see what this involves. National Agency of Water At present, public water and sewage utilities in Brazil are regulated by the municipalities (cities), which can delegate them to specialized agencies. Under the Executive Order, ANA issues the national standards for regulation of public water and sewage services by their owners and the respective regulatory and inspection agencies, conditioning access to federal funds on compliance with the

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“…An important aspect of the institutional arrangement of the water sector (WSS) is the different degrees of private sector participation (PSP) in the provision of the corresponding services and infrastructure [1]. Issues of cost, efficiency, and investment are usually arguments in favor of private participation in service delivery.…”

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Attracting the Private Sector to Urban Stormwater: A Feasible Task or Just a Pipe Dream?

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Marques

2022

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Private sector participation (PSP) in stormwater drainage and management systems is desirable for two reasons: firstly, for its capacity to contribute resources, allowing existing public budgets to be used for other purposes, and secondly for its capacity to introduce management efficiency. Despite the apparent simplicity of this conceptualization, in practice, such participation does not occur simply out of a desire to improve service delivery. Private and public partners have their interests, which are, on the private side, the profit margins and deadlines for return on investments, and on the public side, representing society, the obligations of equity, universality, continuity, and the sustainability of service provision and infrastructure. Reconciling these often-contradictory aspects requires complex and sophisticated political, institutional, organizational and regulatory structures aligned to provide incentives, resources, and involves everyone. Without exhausting the subject, this article addresses several aspects related to the attractiveness and participation of private initiatives in urban stormwater management and discusses some international examples with a special focus on Brazil.

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Privatizar ou não privatizar: eis a questão. A única questão? A reedição da agenda liberal para o saneamento básico no Brasil

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