Análise da eficiência dos gastos públicos em abastecimento de água e esgotamento sanitário nos municípios da RMR

Abstract

The need for improvement in the use of available public resources is evident, both in terms of scarcity and the growing demand for services. That said, this research sought to evaluate the efficiency of municipal public spending on water supply and sanitation in the municipalities of the Metropolitan Region of Recife - RMR, and with that to generate subsidies for decision making, aiming at the continuous improvement of the population's living conditions. To carry out the study, Data Envelopment Analysis - DEA was used, a non-parametric mathematical programming model that aims to evaluate the productivity of organizations, the analysis was oriented towards maximizing results using available resources. For this purpose, the database of the National Sanitation Information System - SNIS was used, which annually publishes the numbers of basic sanitation in Brazil based on information provided by service providers in the country. After processing the data, standard efficiency values were obtained and three of the eleven analyzed municipalities were identified as inefficient. In addition, among the efficient municipalities, those that should serve as a reference for each inefficient municipality and the points to be addressed as opportunities to reduce the resources used and increase the results are presented.