Economic and demographic concentration in Brazil: recent inversion of the historical pattern

Vol. 11 No. 3 (1991)

Jul-Sep / 1991
Published July 1, 1991
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How to Cite

Martine, George, and Clélio Campolina Diniz. 1991. “Economic and Demographic Concentration in Brazil: Recent Inversion of the Historical Pattern”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 11 (3):442-62. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571991-0873.

Economic and demographic concentration in Brazil: recent inversion of the historical pattern

George Martine
Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEDEPLAR- UFMG, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brasil.
Clélio Campolina Diniz
Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEDEPLAR- UFMG, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 11 No. 3 (1991), Jul-Sep / 1991, Pages 442-462

Abstract

Brazil has enacted a series of policies to reallocate and spread the population
and productive resources to other areas of the country than the traditional coastline.
However, São Paulo continues to concentrate the largest contingent of population of Brazil
and to represent the biggest populational increase. This paper analyses the processes that
led to this condition and possible alternatives.

JEL Classification: R11; R12; R14.


Keywords: Regional economy population concentration clusters