The vicissitudes of budgeting

The purpose of this paper is to appraise the application of new regulations ofConstitution about budgeting. This appraisal is carried out in the critical situation of Brazilianpublic finance and takes into consideration the positive effects on the control of publicexpenditure that should be produced...

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Autor: Serra, José
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:Brasil
Recursos:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1353
Acesso em linha:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1353
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Orçamento
gasto público
Budget
public expending
Descrição
Resumo:The purpose of this paper is to appraise the application of new regulations ofConstitution about budgeting. This appraisal is carried out in the critical situation of Brazilianpublic finance and takes into consideration the positive effects on the control of publicexpenditure that should be produced with the full implementation of new constitutionaldirectives. The appraisal concludes that some constitutional determinations have not beenregulated yet. This fact has permitted serious offenses against the Constitution and has facilitatedCongress and the Government administration in casuistic actions regarding budgetingaffairs. At the end of the paper some measures are presented which must be implementedin order to obtain better efficiency and efficacy in the allocation of public funds, throughintroducing improvements in the budgeting process. JEL Classification: E62; H11; D72.