Abstract
Brazil’s modern democracy is but three decades old. With the Brazilian people now taking to the streets in protest at public corruption, the government is enacting new laws and learning to effectively enforce them. The nation is thus feeling the growing pains of an emergent commitment to transparency. In this, the window between Brazil’s hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, it is timely to ask what the spotlight of these two events has revealed about the nation’s anti-corruption measures. How is the government responding to exposed corruption risk? Will the Olympics ultimately make good on their promise to be an agent of positive change? This brief article discusses issues related to Brazil’s federal anti-corruption laws generally, its changing procurement laws and the Olympic contracts and governance organisations.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2016
Recommended Citation
Andy Spalding, Pat Barr, Albert Flores, Kat Gavin, Shaun Freiman, Tyler Klink, Carter Nichols, Ann Reid & Rina Van Orden, 3.14 Rio 2016 and the Birth of Brazilian Transparency, in Executive Summary – Global Corruption Report: Sport (2016).
Comments
Co-authored with University of Richmond students:Pat Barr, Albert Flores, Kat Gavin, Shaun Freiman, Tyler Klink, Carter Nichols, Ann Reid and Rina Van Orden.
This content was updated and published as Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report by Routledge in February 2016. Read an introductory blog post by the series editor, Gareth Sweeney.