Desenvolvimento econômico de Cachoeira do Sul : diagnóstico econômico e avaliação da política pública de industrialização

Abstract

This dissertation aims to research the economic development of Cachoeira do Sul county, which was the fifth county created in Rio Grande do Sul State, being a political and economic reference to that state. However, this county lost its position over time and nowadays is in economic stagnation. To achieve this purpose we started from the Douglas North’s Economic Theory. This author argues that the regional development depends on the region’s ability to generate new subsidiares sectors from its agricultural production wich has the pontential to export. After discussing this economic theory, we held the a economic diagnosis of Cachoeira do Sulm using data from the 1970s to the present time. As a way to reverse the economic stagnation, it was developed by the major, in the year 2005, a project of industrialization. From that year it was invested approximately R$88.000.000 using public and private resources. Using set of municipalities as the comparative basis, we intended to identify the impact of that project to reduce the economic stagnation in Cachoeira do Sul county. Finally, we presented the capacity of that county to achieve the endogenous ecomomic development.