State reform in Brazilian federalism: the situation of state administrations

• Autor(a) principal: Abrucio, Fernando Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6576
• topic: reform of state; state public administration; federalism; intergovernmental cooperation; planning system; human resources; public policies; democratic governance.; reforma do Estado; administração pública estadual; federalismo; cooperação intergovernamental; sistema de planejamento; recursos humanos; políticas públicas; governança democrática.

This article presents the results of a detailed X-ray of the public apparatus in the Brazilian states, made for the National Support Program for Management and Planning Modernization in the States and Federal District (Programa Nacional de Apoio à Modernização da Gestão e do Planejamento dos Estados e do Distrito Federal ¿ Pnage), coordinated by the federal government and with active participation of all states. It is a pioneer study, not only for the unprecedented amount of new data, but also for the coordinate analysis of the managerial, planning, public policy and democratic governance areas, issues that are usually examined separately. Another innovation was the intergovernmental support to the research, which is unusual in Brazilian federalism. The study revealed that the Brazilian states have serious problems in organizing their basic data and their administrative records, in managing its human resources, in coordinating the parts of their planning system, and in adopting a more intersectoral approach, as well as better democratic governance mechanisms, especially within the public sector. Despite these difficulties and deficiencies, the state governments showed some progress during the last years, creating integrated service centers, adopting forms of e-government and strengthening the pluriannual plans as effective public management strategies.