Abstract
This article is a review of concepts on institutional capacity and some federal programs deployed to strengthen the institutional capacity of states, municipalities, and public administration bodies. For preparing this paper, a bibliographic and documentary survey was made on, respectively, the concept of institutional capacity and the programs and actions taken by the federal government to strengthen its institutional capacity. It was found that the concept has a polysemic and pragmatic nature and it was designed to measure and devise strategies to strengthen the capacity of institutions. Similarly, the existence of close ties between institutional capacity and planning and management capacity with regard to public policies was noticed.
Keywords:
Institutional capacity; Public administration; Administrative planning