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4.279. (...) Brazil is a member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and has ratified a number of IMO conventions related to (...) prevention of maritime pollution (...)

4.282. (...) Ordinance No. 61/2020 establishes the current guidelines for the preparation and review of the following planning instruments for the port sector: (...) Development and Zoning Plan (PDZ), which includes strategies and actions for the expansion, integration, and orderly and sustainable development of the areas and facilities of the organized ports (...)

4.302. In addition to the general programmes available to all business activities, other specific programmes that provide concessional or administered interest rate loans to investors are: (...) FNO – Financing Programme for the Sustainable Development of the Amazon (Tourism) (...)

4.303. The Ministry of Tourism, Sebrae, and Embratur launched the Programme Invest in Tourism to accelerate the development of the sector and to increase its quality and competitiveness in 30 Strategic Tourist Routes in Brazil, with a focus on job creation. (...) Furthermore, other sector specific programmes include the (...) Touristic Gastronomy Programme, aimed at promoting local aspects for sustainable development of tourism (...)

4.304. (...) The Ministry of Tourism released a Strategy Plan for 2020-23 to strengthen the sector with a focus on sustainable development.

4.305. To offset the negative effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism adopted a number of initiatives and prepared a strategy to recover the tourism sector (...) A number of (...) sustainability and security plans and strategies on touristic mobility and connectivity were also implemented in the sector.

Table A4.1. Domestic agricultural support notified to the WTO, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 (USD '000): (...)
Green box assistance: (...) Payments for relief from natural disasters
Agricultural Year 2016/17: 115,154.5
Agricultural Year 2017/18: 32,539.0
Agricultural Year 2018/19: 118,703
Agricultural Year 2019/20: 90,823
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The period examined in this TPR (2013-16) has been a challenging one for Brazil and Brazilians. Nevertheless, Brazil has continued to pursue a trade agenda that is geared to contribute, domestically, to the country's sustainable development and to the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, and, internationally, to enhance cooperation, mutual benefits and to eliminate trade distortions – such as those that exist in trade in agriculture – that undermine opportunities for developing countries.

In order to catalyse efforts to promote effective financial inclusion in Brazil, the National Partnership for Financial Inclusion (PNIF) was launched in November 2011, under the coordination of Banco Central do Brasil. In 2015, PNIF launched its second action plan: the Plan for Strengthening Financial Citizenship, which will last from 2016 to 2019. This plan joins actors from the public and private sectors in initiatives aimed at strengthening the three pillars of Financial Citizenship, namely Financial Education, Financial Consumer Protection and Financial Inclusion. The Plan is aligned with the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with other drivers as the Maya Declaration and the G20's Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP). (...)

The National Bank of Social and Economic Development (BNDES), a state-owned bank created in 1952, is the main source of long-term credit in Brazil. Since its foundation, BNDES has played a fundamental role in stimulating the expansion of industry and infrastructure in the country. Over the course of the Bank's history, its operations have evolved in accordance with the country's social and economic challenges, and now they include support for technological innovation, sustainable socio-environmental development and the modernization of public administration. Currently, the long-term financing needed for investment in fixed assets, both direct – through capital markets – and indirect – through the banking system – is still scarce, and the activities of BNDES have complemented those of commercial banks, with a clear segmentation between short-and long-term credit. Brazil's financial market continues to be mainly focused on the short term, with liquidity concentrated in few assets.