Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91411 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 1894
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
The main subject of this study is to propose an agenda to understand capabilities and limitations of state governments in Brazilian federalism. Governance capabilities, named here as economic-fiscal and political-institutional capabilities, are brought to the focus of the analysis. It is well known that our federalism has been recentralized in the past two decades and a small role is due to state governments. Otherwise the federal government in the president Lula administration has, after a decade (in the 1990's) of low levels of economic growth and repression on state budgets, boosted the national economy through expansion in social expenditures, public investment and public credit to the private sector. Very fruitful impacts were noted on state economies and finances but what it is not known is whether state governments had prepared themselves, in terms of strategic orientation and planning, to this new and positive scenario.
Subjects: 
intergovernmental relations
federalism
governance capabilities
regional and local development
JEL: 
H77
H11
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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