Reprimarização das exportações, estrutura produtiva e emprego formal no Centro Oeste brasileiro: reflexos territoriais da inserção internacional periférica
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17058/rh559181Abstract
The article aims to analyze the export structure of Brazil’s Central-West region and examine whether the most dynamic activities in international trade influence the productive structure and the generation of formal employment in the mesoregions of the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás. The study is based on a literature review on the role of a peripheral economy like Brazil’s in the international division of labor and on economic relations between Brazil and China, showing that, beyond trade, Chinese investments in Brazil are growing, especially in sectors strategic to that country. Using data from Comexstat, Regional Accounts, and RAIS, the article analyzes the expansion of exports in the mesoregions of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás, highlights the growth of primary product exports, identifies the predominance of agricultural activities in the productive structure of most mesoregions in the Central-West states, and points to the difficulty of the most dynamic activities in exports and the productive structure having the same dynamism in generating formal employment. This is a relevant analysis for understanding Brazilian regional development, considering the transformations in the inter-regional division of labor in the recent period, in an economy characterized by peripheral international integration.
