| dc.description.abstract | The pressures and demands socioeconomic, political and environmental issues of the contemporary world, led the modernization of public administration in the last decades. These transformations in turn , were reflected in the administration and how to manage public affairs, requiring a broader role and transparent government. In this scenario , some principles like efficiency began to be treated as a way to achieve better management practices in public service delivery. With the constitutional reform of 1988, the management of municipalities has centralized assignments relevant forward to growing demands for public policies that aimed at social inclusion, combating poverty, promoting human development and the provision of essential services such as education, health, transport and safety. Highlight these potential improvements and establish standards in the generation of public services has become emblematic because resource constraints and growing demand for the generation of these services. In this context , the aim of this study was to analyze the relative efficiency of the municipalities belonging to the metropolitan regions, highlighting the determinants of these scores and improvements needed for these counties are considered efficient. The tool used is Analisys Date Envelopment ( DEA ), with guidance to product and constant returns to scale. The sample was composed of 295 municipalities of metropolitan areas with cut out for the year 2011. This is a descriptive study of a quantitative nature and documental survey. The results of efficiency scores suggest some common features among the municipalities efficient as population density below 100 inhabitants, the balance in the production of services and revenue generation, low debt levels and a range of revenue and GDP per capita below sample average. Among the variables that most boosted efficiency results the literacy rate of the population had the highest frequency in the municipalities efficient. | en |
