This paper develops an outputs assessement of the Sistema Unico de Assistencia Social's implementation after four years of its conception. Therefore, some relevant issues are subject of this article analysis: i) has the new implementation framework had an impact on local government improvement? ii) has Suas implementation had positive outputs in reducing inequality among municipalities? iii) What are the determinants of municipalities' improvement in welfare policymaking after this institutional change? In order to do so, data exploratory analysis and multiple regression are employed based on 2005 and 2009 Munic/IBGE surveys. As a result, the inquiry demonstrates that overall Suas has been successful improving the welfare policy, reducing the disparity among municipalities and, especially, political system's aspects impacted the process.
policy evaluation; social policy; local governments
