Goiás in the perspective of regional competitiveness

an analysis of indicators from 2015 to 2018

Abstract

This work analyzes the position of the State of Goiás (Brazil), from 2015 to 2018, according to the study "Ranking of State Competitiveness" carried out by the Center for Public Leadership - CLP. Based on the premise that subnational units need to focus their efforts on regional development and establish strategies that aim to break down the reproductive structures of poverty and inequality and that are important objectives to be pursued: (i) employment; (ii) research and innovation; (iii) climate change and energy; (iv) education; and (v) eradication of poverty, this article selected five of the ten pillars of the study - human capital, innovation, market potential, social sustainability and environmental sustainability, having as performance parameter, the ranking of the state in the country's 27 federated counties : high performance (1º-10º), medium performance (11º-19º), low performance (20º-27º) aiming to evaluate, with the systematization of data, the competitiveness of the State at national level. The results indicated, in 2018, three positions in the Brazil ranking (13º-10º) and the following results in the prioritized pillars: high performance - environmental sustainability (5º), social sustainability (10º) and medium performance - market potential (13th), human capital (18th) and innovation (19th).Even though Goiás has risen in the global rankings, in what concerns key pillars of regional competitiveness such as market potential, human capital and innovation, the state presented medium performance, suggesting the establishment of stronger strategies in the science-technology-innovation-education quartet to maximize the attraction of investment, increase the market potential and consequently gain competitiveness.

Keywords: Brazil. Goiás. Performance. Competitiveness. Regional development.