TITLE:
An Analysis of the Budgetary Performance of the Brazilian Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) and the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in the Period from 2007 to 2022
AUTHORS:
Luciana Santos Santiago, Branca Terra, André Ribeiro de Oliveira, Herika Crhistina Maciel de Oliveira Costa, Pierre Ohayon, José Francisco Moreira Pessanha
KEYWORDS:
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Public Policy, Budgetary Performance, ST&I
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.14 No.11,
November
30,
2023
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the changes
in budgetary performance of the currently named Ministry for Science,
Technology and Innovation (MCTI)1 during
the implementation of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies (ST&IP) between
the years 2007 and 2022. The reason for choosing the MCTI as the body for
analysis is due to the representativeness of the resources it allocates to the
fields of ST&I and because it is responsible for the formulating of public
policies directed to those areas. From a methodological perspective, the paper
was essentially based on the collection and analysis of data and records
contained within the official public planning and budgeting systems and
specifically reports on the MCTI budgetary performance, its thematic budgetary
function and typical subfunctions. The results indicate the difference between “planned” and
“executed” budget; a decrease in public investments in ST&I over the period analysed,
due to reductions in the volume of
budgetary resources allocated to the MCTI; the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
and restrictions on spending imposed by the government, in contrast to the
linear supply concept seen in the most recently implemented ST&I.