Anais EnAJUS 2022

ISSN 2674-8401

The long-term balance between autonomy and performance in the public sector

Autoria: Bernardo Oliveira Buta, Luiz Akutsu

Informações

Sessão presencial 12 - 25/10/2022, 10:30
Mediação: Fernanda Andrade Guarido (Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas Sociais - IBEPES)

Resumo

The relationship between autonomy and performance is still fuzzy in the Public Administration literature. There is still no consensus on the limits of these concepts and their measures, and consequently on the direction of the relationship between them. Much of the literature observes the relationship between autonomy and performance from a transversal perspective. However, when observed longitudinally this relationship might vary. This study aims to test the long-term impact of autonomy on performance of the Brazilian Federal Public Defender’s Office – PDO. More specifically, the research question is formulated as follow: how is the relationship between autonomy and performance in the long run? The results show that there was an important increase in the budget available for the PDO from 2014 onwards, which was the first year that the PDO was able to negotiate its budget proposal directly with Congress. Over the same period, the workforce maintained the growth trend. However, the increase in the PDO’s output did not occur in the same proportion as the increase in the input. There was even a drop in the level of output in the period after the granting of autonomy. The number of citizens assisted by PDO increased year by year until the promulgation of the Constitutional Amendment that granted greater levels of autonomy for the PDO. This trend was interrupted in 2013 and, after 2015, the performance level decreased. Similarly, the cost of legal assistance also increased after the granting of autonomy, indicating a reduction in the efficiency of the PDO.

Palavras-chave

Autonomy; Performance; Public Sector; Public Defender’s Offices.

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