The Brazilian regional issue in PNDR and in sectoral policies: divergences and tensions that undermine both regional development and the overcoming of regional disparities

• Grant number: 15/25132-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2016
• End date: October 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Lencioni
• Grantee: Simone Affonso da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/22930-0 - The Brazilian regional issue in national policy for regional development and in sectoral policies: divergences and tensions that undermine both regional development and the overcoming of regional disparities, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The aim of the thesis is to analyze the convergences and divergences between the Política Nacional de Desenvolvimento Regional (PNDR) [National Policy for Regional Development] and sectoral policies developed by the Federal Government between 2003 and 2014. Diagnosis is made from the interpretation held by the policies on regional disparities and from propositions related to regional development, in order to consider whether the divergences between public policies represent an important element of Brazilian regional issue. Assuming that sectoral policies are not guided by PNDR - with respect to programs and activities which are related to regional disparities - and also that there is a mismatch between PNDR and sectoral policies concerning their interpretation and propositions about regional disparities, we seek to identify the extent to which this mismatch is an important element of the Brazilian regional issue. In the current context of public administration, due to the predominance of sectorialized policies - which compete and contradict each other - and the subalternity of PNDR on the political-administrative framework, the existence of divergent understandings and proposals among public policies on regional issue creates tensions that undermine their effectiveness and therefore the purpose of regional development and the mitigation of regional disparities. Thereafter, the multi-dimensional, cross-sectoral and cross-scale approach is impaired by PNDR and sectoral policies which should be guided by PNDR itself. It is also undermined the existence of a long-term strategic vision to be used by the institutions and developed in a both intra and intergovernmental cooperation context, which are essential features of public policies aimed at regional issue.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SIMONE AFFONSO DA SILVA. UM ESFORÇO PARA DEFINIR AS DESIGUALDADES REGIONAIS NO MUNDO CONTEMPORÂNEO. Mercator (Fortaleza), v. 20, 2021-08-23. (17/22930-0, 15/25132-2)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Simone Affonso da. The Brazilian regional issue in the context of federal public policies. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.