Information as a crucial element for results-based governance

Abstract

The information became crucial in results-based governance implemented in the state of Pernambuco. This study has as object of study the information management of the Pact for Life (PPV) due to complex information flow and systematic monitoring of processes and results. The monitoring and evaluation system presupposes the intensive use of accurate and relevant information. To this end, the government created structural, instrumental and political conditions for the information to become one of the elements that support the evaluation of public policies and decision-making. The goal is making a comparison between the theory of information, power and resultsbased governance and the reality of PPV information management. The methodological procedures are composed by analysis of content of the information analysts’ interviews of the Pact for Life. It concludes that tactical-level actors have more opportunities to exercise informational power because they are in positions that allow them to collect, process, analyze, and distribute information directly to strategic, operational, and tactical actors. The actors at the strategic level, because of their position and their authority, they are able to exercise informational power more strongly than others.