O BNDES e a internacionalização das empreiteiras brasileiras na América do Sul

Abstract

The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) was present in major economic development projects in Brazil and which recently began operating intensively in the development and integration of South America. The former BNDE had the “developmentalism” as theoretical basis for their actions until the early '80s, when it was interrupted by a neoliberal policy, especially in the 90s. With the election of President Lula in 2003, there was a revival of the big presence of the State in the promotion of national development, which some authors place it as a “new developmentalism”. An important factor in this economic model applied by the government of the Partido dos Trabalhadores is the state's participation in providing logistical support through credits, infrastructure and in its foreign policy to domestic enterprises gain global competitiveness, characterized by Cervo as a logistical State. The present work aims to show how BNDES operates this policy as one of the principal organism of this developing, while large construction companies are one of the majors benefit, especially with funding from the bank in the process of South America infrastructure integration. First making a historical survey on the foundation and development of the bank and presenting some of the main Brazilians contractors, the text work with the developmentalism and new developmentalism theories, concluding that the latter is a key element to understand the current policy that allows the expansion of bank and contractors in South America.