“…The decentralization process towards subnational entities has been widely discussed over the past decades (ARRETCHE, 1999(ARRETCHE, , 2012ARRETCHE and MARQUES, 2002;CAVALCANTE, 2011;DOWBOR, 2015;DUARTE, PESSOTO, GUIMARÃES et al, 2015;FREITAS, 2015;LIMA, QUEIROZ, MACHADO et al, 2012;SÁTYRO, CUNHA and CAMPOS, 2016;SOUZA, 1998). The literature shows that decentralization (be it in planning or in the implementation of public policies) increased in certain fields of public policy such as health, the environment, social assistance, and education.…”