Six months after the adoption of the new regulatory framework for the port sector, the federal government has announced the authorization for five new private terminals. The states covered are Rio de Janeiro (Niterói and São João da Barra), São Paulo (Santos and Guarujá) and Santa Catarina (Porto Belo). For Mauricio Canêdo, researcher in the field of Applied Economics of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), private investment is one step forward, but we must watch out for government counterparts necessary for the proper use of these investments.At first, this large investment of the private sector represents an encouragement for the country's economy, but the main effect is what the improvement in infrastructure will represent to other sectors of the economy, he says. He also supports the revision of certain state bureaucracy and greater efficiency in the management of such resources.Please click here to read the full review on IBRE's website (in Portuguese)