Macroprojetos regionais e suas consequências para o desenvolvimento local:a IIRSA e sua influência local no caso da hidrelétrica de Belo Monte no Pará

Abstract

The alignment of the national policy of economic growth with the Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) is justified by the State Paradigm as a way to promote growth and economic liberalization through the building of the so called corridors for development. This goal can only be achieved through expansion of the Brazilian energy production, given the correlation between energy production and economic growth. The expansion of the Brazilian energy production and the huge investment in the construction of the Belo Monte Hydropower Plant is essential to the levels of energy required by the major productive sectors. So, based on the interests of the global economy in order to feed the world market with natural resources, the Brazilian government, despite enormous resistance from local and regional population, will insist in the construction of hydroelectric Belo Monte Power plant.