O desafio da universalização de serviços de infraestrutura

Abstract

This article conceptually discusses the challenge of universalizing infrastructure services, seeking to evaluate the relations between the contractual form between the State and private agents and its impact on the universalization of services. This topic gained relevance by the contractual possibilities created by the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. By expanding the set of contractual possibilities, PPP models create the expectation of overcoming hitherto irremediable inefficiencies. But a policy agenda must be faced first, for the PPP arrangements alone are not capable to accelerate the universalization of services given the intrinsic characteristics of Brazil. Cooperation between the Federal Government and subnational entities in inter-federal agreements will be the basis for building solutions to face the challenge of universalizing services.