Potentialities and contradictions of the Municipal Fund for Environmental Sanitation and Infrastructure in the city of São Paulo – 2011-2018

Abstract

This article proposes a critical analysis of the sanitation policy in the city of São Paulo, focusing on the performance of the Municipal Fund for Environmental Sanitation and Infrastructure (FMSAI) between 2011 and 2018. It illustrates the relevance of the municipal fund in relation to other sources of resources and details its budget execution in this period. The methodological proposal adopted here aimed to understand the role of the FMSAI in the pursuit of universal sanitation considering two essential dimensions: investments over time and their distribution in the territory. The results indicate that, despite incorporating the intersectoral character of the environmental sanitation policy in its institutional design, its execution led to the worsening of the distributive conflict inherent in the public budget.