Brazil gears up to enhance data analytics to tackle benefit fraud

The Brazilian government is planning a series of measures around boosting the use of data-driven technologies to tackle fraud in the national social security system.The intended changes come against a backdrop of significant developments as the basic text for the overhaul of the countrys pension system, one of the government's key priorities, was approved by the lower house of Congress on Wednesday (10).Technology initiatives underpin the Brazilian government's expectations to save up to 9 billion reais ($2.4 billion) in 2019, with initiatives specifically related to reducing benefit fraud.According to the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), ongoing technology work relates to "handling irregularities and increasing transparency across the system.Such efforts have digitization of processes and improved use of analytics at their core, alongside training processes to help the benefit agents make better decisions through the use of data.