Brazilian Federalism in the Pandemic

Abrucio, Fernando Luiz; Grin, Eduardo José; Segatto, Catarina Ianni

doi:10.1108/978-1-80117-165-620211004

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“…Inter‐municipal health consortia helped public administration coordinate the response to the pandemic and better communicate with society, which was very important at the beginning of the pandemic to convince citizens to comply with physical distancing and handwashing recommendations (Abrucio et al., 2021 ); hence reducing infections by SARS‐CoV‐2 as expected but does not affect fatalities directly.…”

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“…This lack of coordination also triggered horizontal cooperation between states and municipalities. Inter‐municipal health consortia were strengthened and presented better results in reducing cases compared to municipalities that acted isolated (Abrucio et al., 2021 ). During the pandemic, a central issue of coordination concerns social distancing because such decisions should be based on statistical models shared between jurisdictions (Paquet & Schertzer, 2020 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Brazil is the fifth largest country globally for territorial size and the sixth in terms of population. There is a great deal of cultural, socioeconomic, financial, administrative, and political heterogeneity throughout its vast territory (Abrucio et al., 2021 ). In Brazil, municipalities differ in social networks, demographic structure (Tobin, 1999 ), and idle or scarce healthcare infrastructure.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Lessons from Brazil's unsuccessful fiscal decentralization policy to fight COVID‐19

Cardoso¹,

Azevedo

Pigatto

et al. 2022

Public Admin & Development

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This manuscript investigates the unsuccessful case of the fiscal decentralization policy implemented by the Brazilian central government to help municipalities fight COVID‐19. Based on quantitative analyses of data available on governmental websites, we identified that the transfer policy had ignored municipalities' risk patterns and income changes. It benefited municipalities regardless of their vulnerability and population infection risks, and many municipalities reduced healthcare expenditures funded by their revenues during the pandemic. Hence, some municipalities made a “pandemic surplus” in 2020 – a municipal electoral year. Indeed, COVID‐19 killed 663,694 people in Brazil until 4 May 2022. Lessons from an unsuccessful case of response to COVID‐19 help develop resilience for other crises by emerging market economies and developing countries. The findings have implications for policymakers and literature since they represent inadequate vertical coordination that followed a path dependence on traditional decentralization policies and took place in a year of municipal elections without clear spending and accountability rules.

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Lessons from Brazil's unsuccessful fiscal decentralization policy to fight COVID‐19

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Azevedo

Pigatto

et al. 2022

Public Admin & Development

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“…Com a mensuração do desempenho educacional dos alunos, estabeleciam-se metas e indicadores que seriam cobrados das escolas e dos governos, que por sua vez criariam incentivos para que os atores escolares melhorassem sua performance. Tal modelo foi intitulado de output-focused policies ou de school accountability 6 .…”

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“…O terceiro elemento é a ênfase na melhoria dos insumos, investindo-se continuamente na qualidade dos profissionais e dos métodos, em vez de nortear a gestão somente por incentivos competitivos 12 . Além da mudança de perspectiva em relação aos meios, outro ponto, o quarto aqui destacado, é a alteração em termos de finalidade educacional.…”

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