What Factors Explain the Level of Transparency of Public Management in the Municipalities of Maranhense?

Abstract

ALINE ROBERTA HALIK and Luiz Alberton

The main objective of this research was to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic and demographic indicators and the level of transparency of municipalities in the state of Maranhão. The transparency index was constructed, based on the LRF and LAI and consisted of 32 items. Subsequently, for to identify which factors explain the level of transparency, a multiple linear regression was carried out, comparing the explanatory variables for the level of transparency adopted in this study. The sample consisted of municipalities in the State of Maranhão, totaling 211 of 217 municipalities, as 6 do not have a website. The results of the multiple linear regression model indicate that the MHDI, the log of total GDP, the GDP per capita and the variable log of POP explain the NT of the municipalities surveyed to the point ofexplain the level of transparency of municipalities in Maranhão; only IFDM showed no relationship with NT among the variables analyzed.

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