Assessing Priorities of Transparency During COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

Maria Paula Almada (1) , Camilo Aggio (2) , Paula Karini Amorim (3) , Nina Santos (1, 4) , Maria Dominguez Costa Pinho (1)

1 National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy
2 UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais = Federal University of Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Brazil]
3 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Tocantins
4 CARISM - Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche Interdisciplinaires sur les Médias

This article assesses the level of transparency of epidemiological and financial budgetary information on the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian state governments and the Federal District. State government web portals were assessed. A methodological instrument was developed to categorize and collect the data. We also assessed whether socioeconomic and epidemiological variables can explain state government transparency indices on pandemic information. According to our results, half of Brazilian states have advanced transparency, half have moderate transparency, and one has opaque transparency. HDI and monthly income are variables that better explain the level of transparency.

Mots clés: Transparency; Brazil; COVID-19 Pandemic; State governments

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Maria Paula Almada, Camilo Aggio, Paula Karini Amorim, Nina Santos, Maria Dominguez Costa Pinho. Assessing Priorities of Transparency During COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil. Public Organization Review, 2022, 22 (3), pp.545-570. ⟨10.1007/s11115-022-00642-9⟩. ⟨hal-03982281⟩