Gastos sociais dos municipios e desequilibrio financeiro

Abstract

After the 1988 Constitution, as a consequence of an unplanned decentralization process, the increase of social expenditures by local governments has contributed to aggravate the financial situation of these governments. This aggravation poses a serious problem to the financing of social policies, thus threatening their future implementation and implying the worsening of social inequalities. This paper discusses the decentralization process of public policies and the federative equilibrium in Brazil.