Profile of Municipal Management in the State of Pará: A Look from the Effectiveness Index

Abstract

Objective: this article seeks to present the levels of management effectiveness of the municipalities in the state of Para, calculated through the Municipal Management Effectiveness Index (IEGM), composed by seven sectoral indicators: education, health, planning, management fiscal, environmental, citizen protection and information technology and communication governance. Method: the research is characterized as exploratory and the method adopted is bibliographical and documentary analysis. Originality/Relevance: it is understood that the adoption of synthetic indicators to measure effectiveness is a recent topic and little explored in the scope of studies in municipal public management, being important to know and evaluate such instruments through scientific research. Results: the results show that the main difficulty of the municipalities of Para is in the planning indicator, which presented the lowest level of adequacy in the most municipalities. Theoretical/Methodological contributions: the research seeks to broaden the debate on the effectiveness of municipal management, presenting the IEGM as a possible instrument to subsidize the formulation and implementation of public policies that improve and define mechanisms more adequate to the local development process.