A descentralização democrática em Moçambique: Análise do desempenho do Governo Municipal de Vilankulo na prestação de serviçosA descentralização democrática em Moçambique: análise do desempenho do governo municipal de Vilankulo na prestação de serviços

Abstract

In the context of the constitutional amendment introduced by law No. 9/961 and subsequent laws on local authorities, the government of Mozambique decentralized political power to 33 local governments through the holding of local elections in June 1998. Local governments were tasked with tasks of organizing citizen participation in solving their problems, promoting local development, consolidating and deepening democracy at the local level. The objectives of this study are to (i) analyze the performance of the Vilankulo municipal government in providing services to local residents, (ii) verify the degree of effectiveness of the municipal government in providing public services to residents, and (iii) propose some solutions to the various problems that the local government faces in carrying out the tasks entrusted to it by the Constitution of Mozambique. To assess such performance, this study proposes to ask the following key question: To what extent does the Vilankulo municipal government provide services to local residents effectively? This issue is crucial because local governments are instruments through which the objectives assigned to them by the Constitution and the needs of local populations are realized. The achievement of these objectives must be verified and evaluated by the performance of the municipal governments in several local domains. That is why in this study we will evaluate the performance of the Vilankulo municipal government in the area of ​​providing services to the local population. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)