O investimento público em saneamento básico no Brasil entre 2017 a 2018

Abstract

The study sought to analyze public investment in sanitation in Brazil from 2014 to 2018, the states and the Federal District, and also in relation to the goals of the National Plan of Basic Sanitation from 2014 to 2018. In the theoretical framework the perspective sanitation history in Brazil was approached, besides PLANSAB, analyzing its short, medium and long term goals. To carry out the study, the National Basic Sanitation Plan (PLANSAB), the Brazilian Public Sector Accounting and Fiscal Information System (SICONFI), were used as source, through annual Balance Sheets of the states and the Federal District. The research is characterized by its applied nature, its objectives as descriptive, its quantitative approach, its survey procedures. For data collection, the documentary research technique was used, based on documents from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, PLANSAB, the annual balance sheets of the states and the Federal District, and reports and studies from institutions dedicated to basic sanitation. It was found that PLANSAB's targets were very optimistic about the economic growth frameworks and public accounts and were not met, resulting in non-compliance with the Plan's targets for the period delimited with committed expenditures being lower than expected investments. It is suggested that the main goal of PLANSAB, the universalization of sanitation, will not be achieved with the current investment rates. Further, evidence suggests that increased private sector participation could improve the long-term picture, as the public sector alone cannot maintain the desirable investment pattern.