“…______________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 According to the data of Barboza, Furtado, and Gabrielli (2019), the greatest reduction in the institution's disbursements occurred during the 1990-1994 period, when the total support provided by BNDES corresponded to 0.6% of Brazilian GDP. 8 Barboza, Furtado, and Gabrielli (2019), based on official documents, reveals to be false the idea that, during the Lula and Dilma administration, the Bank acted exclusively as supporter of large companies. BNDES made the so-called 'choice of champions' with the expansion of its funding capacity, but this process was also accompanied by the growth of the disbursement policy for micro, small, and mid-sized companies, which reached 33.4% in the 2015-2017 period.…”