Public Administration (Princeton University)

Strengthening public administration: Brazil, 1995 – 1998 published by Princeton University. In 1995, when Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira took charge of the Brazilian ministry responsible for administration and reform, problems plagued the nation’s public sector. He proposed amending the constitution to loosen constraints on hiring and firing. At the same time, he pressed for a new model of governance that relied on restructuring ministries and public sector organizations as contract-based ‘executive agencies`and social organizations. By 1998, MARE had guided the constitutional amendment through Congress and set up pilot programs for executive agencies and social organizations.”