MiDES: New Data and Facts from Local Procurement and Budget Execution in Brazil

Ricardo Dahis, Bernardo Ricca, Thiago De Gouvea Scot De Arruda, Nathalia Machado Sales and Lucas Nascimento Moreira

No 10598, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper introduces a new disaggregated and harmonized dataset on public procurement and budget execution by Brazilian subnational entities, which currently covers half of Brazilian municipalities and spans the years 2003–21. This dataset provides key information that was previously unavailable from aggregate data, such as the identities of suppliers, details on purchases of goods and services, and granular information on the life cycle of each expenditure action. It then uses these data to provide new stylized facts about local public finance. First, it shows that about one-quarter of government purchases are locally procured and discusses implications for efficiency. Second, it demonstrates that close to 15 percent of payments exceed the 30-day threshold and that payment timeliness is systematically correlated with the income level of the municipality.

Date: 2023-11-07
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