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Going Digital in Brazil

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Going Digital in Brazil analyses recent developments in Brazil’s digital economy, reviews policies related to digitalisation and makes recommendations to increase policy coherence in this area.

The report examines the availability and quality of communication networks and services in Brazil, as well as related policies and regulations. It also reviews trends in digital technology usage among individuals, businesses and the government, and examines policies to foster diffusion. It discusses efforts to enhance trust in the digital economy, focusing on digital security, privacy and consumer protection. It also reviews policies to promote digital innovation and examines the policy implications of emerging business models in key sectors.

The report reconsiders these policies in relation to their coherence across different domains and provides recommendations to foster synergies across government ministries, levels and institutions, based on the OECD Going Digital Integrated Policy Framework.

English Also available in: Portuguese

Fostering digital uptake and use among people, firms and in government

The Brazilian Digital Transformation Strategy recognises that “digital transformation is an opportunity for the entire nation to take a leap forward. Digital technologies provide the tools for a profound transformation in government actions, in competitiveness and productivity in the private sector, and in empowerment and inclusion in society, so that everyone can develop economically and socially, and thrive in quality of life” (MCTIC, 2018). The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet) recognises that “access to the Internet is essential to the exercise of citizenship”. For Brazil to realise these premises, policies have to ensure inclusion, so that digital divides do not reproduce the “analogue” divides of the Brazilian society.

English Also available in: Portuguese

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