Políticas de desenvolvimento regional: uma análise comparativa entre o sul da Itália e o Nordeste brasileiro

Abstract

The south of Italy, also known as Mezzogiorno, and the northeast of Brazil both are study references in the matters of regional inequalities as well as in politics employed by the governments in an atempt to minimize its effects. The studies about Italian’s regional dualism and the creation of the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno are of great importance for the analisis of regional development when compared to Brazil, taking into consideration that SUDENE was inspired in said programme. In the same way, the development politics that Italy had adopted are of enormous importance to Brazil, either for evaluation of former politics the country has engaged in, or for helping desining new ones based on it. This project aims to compare the regional situation in both countries, considering that SUDENE was once modeled by the Cassa, by confronting the experiences of each one; presenting lessons that the northeast of Brazil can learn from the Italian initiative, taking that the experiences of this country bring important situations that will help understand the Brazilian situation. Having that said, this study shows that new regional politics shall be approached differently from the way SUDENE was applyed, reflecting the needs and potentials of the region.