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Economy & Business - July 2022
BRAZIL: Electoral pump priming
Almost all governments spend extra money in election years. Pump priming can reflect good or bad judgement, and it can be transparent or completely illegal. In the Brazilian case, ahead of this October’s election, the government led by President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a whole range of different ways to try and bring in the vote.
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