Políticas públicas e desenvolvimento sustentável: a realidade dos assentamentos de reforma agrária no Ceará

Abstract

The objective of this study wa to evaluate the importance of public policies considering the sustainability of land settlements in the state of Ceará. Of the programs evaluated in the research, the access to the public credit for the purpose mentioned only reached a considerable part of the population, whereas the institutional partnerships are insufficient to stimulate the development of the settlements, as well to enhance technique assistance, that reaches only 9.7% of the settlements. The study points towards the necessity of elaborating public policies to favor the sustainability of the settlements, without, however, stimulating a complete dependence between land settlements and the State.