Northeast Region: reflections on the challenges to promote sustainable development

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2164224170110

• Palavras-chave: Regional Development; Socioeconomic Inequality, Unemployment, Sustainable Development.

• Keywords: Regional Development; Socioeconomic Inequality, Unemployment, Sustainable Development.

• Abstract:

  The performance of several municipalities in the Northeast region in the social vulnerability index – IVS, between 2000 and 2010, achieved a substantial improvement. A result, certainly, resulting from the combination of a favorable situation, marked by economic growth and successful public policies. With special emphasis on the group of 31 municipalities (1.75% of municipalities in the region) that achieved low social vulnerability. However, the challenges are still immense to improve the performance of other municipalities in the region, and it is necessary to support initiatives aligned with sustainable development and focused on investments in areas in which the region has revealed opportunities, such as renewable energy and respective parts production chains, components and final goods. In this sense, this article reflects on these issues, highlighting the importance of supporting initiatives to promote sustainable development, reduce the unemployment rate and improve the region's socioeconomic indicators.