Evaluación de Políticas de Integridad Pública y Anticorrupción: Los Desafíos de una Iniciativa Nacional para Gobiernos Locales en Brasil

Abstract

Objective: To investigate how the effectiveness of integrity and anti-corruption policies in local governments can be evaluated
in a qualitative aproach, analyzing a federal program experimentally, implemented between 2018 and 2020, in a sample of 12 of
the 25 voluntary Brazilian municipalities.
?eoretical framework: Analysis and evaluation of the policy based on an organizational integrity management framework
published by the OECD.
Methodology: Evaluative and exploratory research with procedures of participant observation, content analysis and descriptive
statistics.
Results: 26 types of products, 15 category of instruments, 17 processes and 16 central structures (actors) were evidenced. ?e
effectiveness of the period was only 65%, but the policy is subject to implementation gaps that may impact its effectiveness,
and mainly its efficiency and impacts. Time lacks a defined change model (theory of change), with measurable objectives and
performance indicators. In a qualitative approach, regarding the coherence of the model and balance of the measures, many of
them depend on interaction with the external context and are rule-based type. Despite its limits, the policy is innovative and can
play a fundamental role in the development of institutional capacities in Brazilian local governments, which have a high incidence
of corruption and very fragile integrity systems.
Originality: ?ere are almost no theoretical-empirical studies on integrity policies in Brazilian’s local governments.
Theoretical and practical contributions: ?e policy is still under development and it’s possible to adjust it, including emphasis
on the creation of a local agenda, and inclusion of value-based measures. As a theoretical contribution, new elements were added
to the framework adopted.