Analyzing the economic impact of sustainable development programs in the Brazilian Amazon

ABSTRACT Over the last forty years, the Brazilian Amazon has been the object of many development and industrialization programs. The vast majority of those programs have been “mega-projects” implemented by the Brazilian federal government. Recently, several states have implemented their own style of economic development programs in the Amazon. These smaller scale “local” sustainable development programs offer policy makers an alternative to the “mega-projects”. This paper seeks to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each economic development model. Additionally, this paper provides an economic impact analysis of one “local” sustainable development project, Projeto Castanha-do-Brasil.

摘要 过去四十年来，巴西亚马逊地区始终是诸多发展与工业化项目的重点实施区域。其中绝大多数项目均为巴西联邦政府主导推进的“巨型项目”。近期，巴西多个州相继在亚马逊地区推出了各自特色的经济发展项目。这类小规模的“本地可持续发展项目”为政策制定者提供了不同于“巨型项目”的替代性发展路径。本文旨在厘清两类经济发展模式各自的优势与不足。此外，本文还针对名为“Projeto Castanha-do-Brasil”的本地可持续发展项目开展了经济影响分析。