Neoliberal agenda and the dismantling of socially-efficient public food procurement programs: An emblematic case

Autor(es)

de Camargo Macedo, Andre ; Souza-Esquerdo, Vanilde Ferreira ; Borsatto, Ricardo Serra

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT; v. 37, p. 6-pg., 2023-03-24.

Resumo

Public food procurement (PFP) programs have been increasingly implemented worldwide as an instrument for helping countries meet their commitments to the SDGs. Conversely, governments committed to a neoliberal agenda can hinder the development of PFP-based programs due to their advocacy for fiscal austerity and the efficiency of the free market. The Brazilian experience in implementing and dismantling PFP programs can provide important lessons for researchers and policy-makers interested in the issue. Based on secondary data analysis, we investigate the dismantling of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA - Programa de Aquisica similar to o de Ali-mentos), a PFP-based program, to understand the strategies used by neoliberal governments to dismantle PFPs programs. Our results unveil the different ways governments with a neoliberal agenda can use to dismantle a PFP program and point to the risks that policies based on public procurement face under neoliberal governments. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/21170-8 - Possibilidades de mudanças em sistemas agroalimentares sob regimes de governança disruptiva
• Beneficiário: Ricardo Serra Borsatto
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Pesquisa
• Processo FAPESP: 22/08208-9 - Políticas públicas promotoras de sistemas alimentares sustentáveis: redefinindo relações de poder
• Beneficiário: Ricardo Serra Borsatto
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Pesquisa