Características socioeconômicas e tipologia dos municípios de pequeno porte no Brasil

Abstract

The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution - PEC 188/2019 provided for the extinction of municipalities smaller than 5,000 inhabitants that had not met a minimum limit of 10% collection of their own revenues. From the discussions then raised, it was found that the national literature on these units is still incipient, which makes the present study relevant in terms of understanding the prevailing federative arrangement. The smallest Brazilian municipalities were then analyzed according to their socioeconomic characteristics, the capacity to offer public services, and their dispersion throughout the territory, being classified according to a typology originally created for this purpose. In socio-economic terms, no significant differences were found between municipalities larger and smaller than 5,000 inhabitants, while from the point of view of basic service provision, the results were modestly better for those of smaller size. The multivariate analysis showed that the typologies found contradict the predominant idea that this is a homogeneous and insignificant group of municipalities.