FINANCING OF SPORT BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN PORTUGAL: ANALYSIS FROM 1990 TO 2016

Abstract

Two aspects have been absent from the analyses of public sports policies in Portugal: the participation of local authorities in a comparative way and the distribution of resources by type of expenditure. In this sense, the present study aimed to analyze the aggregate expenditure municipalities from the Portuguese mainland, considering their evolution, the type of expenditure and the regional issue. The descriptive study used the investments made by municipalities. Secondary data were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics of Portugal (INE). The main results were: there was an increase in the volume of resources; there was a change in the pattern of spending in relation to the type of expenditure; the regions were responsible for unequal shares of resources and showed a distinction in the spending pattern by type of expenditure

Keywords

• sport
• investment
• local authorities
• policy