Regional development of the southeast of Pará state

based on the application of the regional development index

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https://doi.org/10.24302/drd.v10i0.2666

Abstract

This paper has analyzed the regional development process of the Southeast of Pará State, identified as the part of the State belonging to the reference region named North Central Brazil. The methodology used was the Regional Development Index and, as a temporal cut the years from 2000 to 2010. The main results point to a region where the municipality of Marabá stands out as central place, and Parauapebas and Tucuruí, municipalities also have featured but in different ways and intensities. In general, all municipalities moved forward in relation to the indicators. The region has the capacity for sustained growth in an export-based economy, needing to invest in aggregating value to the regional product, setting the gains, and internalizing its benefits. Considering the social capital, there were improvement in the period analyzed; however, there is room for strengthening the empowerment of the organized society.

Keywords: Regional Development. North Central. Southeast of Pará State. Regional Development Index.

Author Biographies

Erisvaldo de Oliveira Alves, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Mestre em Desenvolvimento Regional pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Palmas. Tocantins. Brasil. 

Nilton Marques de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Tocantins

Doutor em Desenvolvimento Regional e Agronegócio pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Toledo-PR. Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional e do curso de Ciências Econômica da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Bolsista do Programa Institucional Produtividade em Pesquisa da UFT. Pesquisador dos Grupos de Estudos em Economia Aplicada e Interdisciplinar de Estudos e Pesquisa sobre Estado, Educação e Sociedade (Geipees) da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Palmas. Tocantins.

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2020-06-01

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Alves, E. de O., & Oliveira, N. M. de. (2020). Regional development of the southeast of Pará state: based on the application of the regional development index. DRd - Desenvolvimento Regional Em Debate, 10, 512–534. https://doi.org/10.24302/drd.v10i0.2666

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Vol. 10 (2020)

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