Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC): natureza, impactos e dinâmica regional

Abstract

This study analyse the Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) - Growth Acceleration Program, highlighting its regional dimension. For both, the history, structure and nature of the PAC are presented and discussed as a basis for trend analysis of the initial impacts of the program, studied both nationally and regionally. This analysis is based on examination of the investments planned and carried out for the whole country, and their distribution by region, considering the macro-regional division of the IBGE, and macroeconomic indicators in the survey and regional focus on employment, credit and infrastructure road, among other things. The study highlights the relevance of the PAC in terms of renewed government investment in infrastructure in a favorable macroeconomic context (and to some extent influenced by the CAP) but also for its deficiency in promoting structural changes in the relevant regional dynamics, characterizing the PAC unplugged as regional policies, despite his new-developmental nature.