Regional development policy in Brazil: a review of evaluation literature

Authors

  • Guilherme Mendes Resende

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v18i3.3565

Keywords:

Evaluation. Regional Development Policy. Regional Development Funds. Regional inequality. Brazil.

Abstract

In Brazil, the primary regional development policy is directed by the regional development funds for the Northeast (FNE), the North (FNO), and the Central-West (FCO). First, the paper reviews the theoretical rationale for regional development policies and discusses some important issues related to evaluation process of regional economic development policies. Moreover, it analyses the main regional policy in Brazil as well as the evaluation literature on it. Among other comments, the paper enumerates some steps to overcome this lack of regional development policy evaluation in Brazil.

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Published

2013-11-04

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2013)

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Resende, G. M. (2013). Regional development policy in Brazil: a review of evaluation literature. Redes , 18(3), 202-225. https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v18i3.3565