2023-08-282023-08-282022-12-19MELLO, Helder de Paula. "Farinha pouca, meu pirão primeiro": eis o compromisso da escolha pública referente ao saneamento básico em Belém no período 1997-2020. Orientador: Eduardo José Monteiro da Costa. 2022. 127 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Gestão Pública) - Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 2022. Disponível em: https://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/15896. Acesso em:.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/15896This work is the result of explanatory research with a quali-quantitative approach, through bibliographic and documentary procedures in a case study with analysis of the collected results. Also considering that the research object demands an interpretative documental study, it aims with a general purpose to identify the factors that contribute to the maintenance of low levels of investments in basic sanitation in the city of Belém do Pará in the period 1997-2020. municipal public budget, its components and applications in the light of the Theory of Public Choice, as a theoretical reference aimed at the decision-making process on investment in the public policy of basic sanitation in the referred Municipality. In this sense, the main amounts contributed by the municipal Legislative Power through the Annual Budget Laws (LOAs) in the referred period were researched and analyzed, a condition that identifies the importance of the deliberative focus on the planning and execution of the municipal budget. The results confirm the hypotheses established, considering the institutionalization of a corrective measure on the identified factors to be opportune and imperative, considering that public investments should be effected soon and contribute positively to the aspirations of the local society and converted into effective purposes of improvement and municipal development.Acesso AbertoAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Teoria da escolha públicaFederalismoOrçamento público municipalSaneamento básicoDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO::ADMINISTRACAO PUBLICA::CONTABILIDADE E FINANCAS PUBLICASCNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ECONOMIA::TEORIA ECONOMICAGESTÃO PÚBLICA MUNICIPALGESTÃO PÚBLICA DO DESENVOLVIMENTO