Regulação por contrato no setor de saneamentoo caso de Ribeirão Preto

Resumo

The expansion of water and sanitation infrastructure is crucial to social and economic development. It requires, however, massive investments, not always available, especially for the public sector. The Brazilian water and sanitation sector is caracterized by the presence of large state-owned companies, established in the end of the 1960´s. Nevertheless, in a cenario where a new State paradigm is under development (from the direct delivery of services to regulation of services provision), some local governments have attracted private companies to the water and sanitation sector through concession contrats. In these cases, the contract itself is the basis for regulating the services, construing a model of regulation by contracts. This work deals with the regulation by contracts in the water and sanitation sector and develops a case study about the concession in Ribeirão Preto, a city in the state of São Paulo, which, in 1995, transfered the sewerage treatment services a private provider. The dissertation discusses the historic evolution of the sector, the main regulatory aspects and the factors that must be taken into account when analysing an initiative of regulation by contract at the local level. It argues that regulation by contract shall not be understood as restricted to the contract clauses, as it reaches the dinamic relation between regulator and regulated agents. It also emphasizes the need for a difficult balance between certainty and flexibility in a long-term contractual relationship.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2005

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/2379

Temas

EconomiaGestão PúblicaConcessõesInfraestruturaDesenvolvimento EconômicoAdministração PúblicaGestão Municipal

Palavras-chave

SaneamentoContratos públicosReforma do EstadoConcessãoServiços públicosRegulaçãoWater and sanitationRegulationInfrastructureState reformConcessionPublic contractsPublic utilitiesAdministração públicaSaneamento - Regulamentação - Ribeirão Preto (SP)Infraestrutura (Economia) - Regulamentação - Ribeirão Preto (SP)Concessões administrativas - Regulamentação - Ribeirão Preto (SP)Contrato público - Ribeirão Preto (SP)