Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais
Objective: state capacity constitutes the set of essential competences that government institutions have (or should have) in order to achieve public objectives. However, the multidimensional nature of the ‘state capacity’ construct implies a major research challenge for the scientific academy and a...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)
2022-07-01
|
| Series: | RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://rac.anpad.org.br/index.php/rac/article/view/1547 |
| _version_ | 1797710023429718016 |
|---|---|
| author | Gustavo Bastos Braga Douglas Gomes Martins |
| author_facet | Gustavo Bastos Braga Douglas Gomes Martins |
| author_sort | Gustavo Bastos Braga |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Objective: state capacity constitutes the set of essential competences that government institutions have (or should have) in order to achieve public objectives. However, the multidimensional nature of the ‘state capacity’ construct implies a major research challenge for the scientific academy and a major management challenge for public managers. Theoretical framework: the creation of State Capacity Index (SCI) follows the same procedures as the Human Development Index (HDI). Method: the search for variables (proxies) that are pertinent to the Brazilian context and that empirically allow the measurement and operationalization of state capacity was carried out through extensive bibliographic research. Therefore, SCI allowed the general examination of the ‘state capacity’ construct. Results: the results are disparities in the municipal administrative structures of Minas Gerais. Conclusion: it is suggested the need for incentives and investments in the dimensions that cover the State Capacity Index, namely: administrative, political, and fiscal. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-12T06:45:14Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-73738ba4afdb46c399c634bedc53e00f |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1415-6555 1982-7849 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-12T06:45:14Z |
| publishDate | 2022-07-01 |
| publisher | Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea |
| spelling | doaj.art-73738ba4afdb46c399c634bedc53e00f2023-09-03T00:35:38ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea1415-65551982-78492022-07-01271e210135e21013510.1590/1982-7849rac2022210135.en1547Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas GeraisGustavo Bastos Braga0Douglas Gomes Martins1Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Economia Rural, Viçosa, MG, BrazilInstituto Federal do Pará, Paragominas, PA, BrazilObjective: state capacity constitutes the set of essential competences that government institutions have (or should have) in order to achieve public objectives. However, the multidimensional nature of the ‘state capacity’ construct implies a major research challenge for the scientific academy and a major management challenge for public managers. Theoretical framework: the creation of State Capacity Index (SCI) follows the same procedures as the Human Development Index (HDI). Method: the search for variables (proxies) that are pertinent to the Brazilian context and that empirically allow the measurement and operationalization of state capacity was carried out through extensive bibliographic research. Therefore, SCI allowed the general examination of the ‘state capacity’ construct. Results: the results are disparities in the municipal administrative structures of Minas Gerais. Conclusion: it is suggested the need for incentives and investments in the dimensions that cover the State Capacity Index, namely: administrative, political, and fiscal.https://rac.anpad.org.br/index.php/rac/article/view/1547state capacitystate capacity indexminas gerais administrative structuresperformance measures |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Bastos Braga Douglas Gomes Martins Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea state capacity state capacity index minas gerais administrative structures performance measures |
| title | Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais |
| title_full | Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais |
| title_fullStr | Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais |
| title_short | Building a State Capacity Index for Municipal Governments of Minas Gerais |
| title_sort | building a state capacity index for municipal governments of minas gerais |
| topic | state capacity state capacity index minas gerais administrative structures performance measures |
| url | https://rac.anpad.org.br/index.php/rac/article/view/1547 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gustavobastosbraga buildingastatecapacityindexformunicipalgovernmentsofminasgerais AT douglasgomesmartins buildingastatecapacityindexformunicipalgovernmentsofminasgerais |