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Verena Hitner Barros

Verena Hitner Barros is an economist and senior public official specializing in industrial, technological, and innovation policy. She is Director at Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). Previously, she served as Executive Secretary of the National Council for Industrial Development (CNDI), where she coordinated the Nova Indústria Brasil strategy, and has worked as a consultant to the FAO and as a government advisor in Ecuador.
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Market Failure, Not Technology, Is Slowing the Green Transition

Piergiuseppe Fortunato
The green transition is faltering in both advanced and developing economies. While politics and market risk is stalling private investment in clean energy in advanced economies, an imbalanced global value chain is preventing investment in clean energy in developing countries, write Piergiuseppe Fortunato and Verena Hitner Barros.

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