1. ROYALTIES PARA EDUCAÇÃO NOS MUNICÍPIOS DAS REGIÕES DA COSTA VERDE, MÉDIO PARAÍBA E CENTRO-SUL FLUMINENSE.
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ARAUJO DE SOUZA, FÁBIO and DA SILVA MENEZES, JANAINA SPECHT
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the investment of government take -- royalties and special participation - arising from exploration of natural resources, especially oil, natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons, in education, as carried out by the Municipalities from Costa Verde, Médio Paraíba and South-Central Region from the State of Rio de Janeiro in 2018. From bibliographic and document research, we analyzed the information available at the State General Accounting Office of Rio de Janeiro, Transparency and/or Municipal Finance Department websites. This paper shows, among other results, that 12 (48%) of the 25 Municipalities comprising the three regions under this research do not have any evidence of paying education expenses with funds from these revenues. Thus, it is observed that there are many challenges regarding the proper application of revenues from government participation of natural resources in education in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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