Infraestrutura portuária e os investimentos do programa de aceleração do crescimento no Nordeste: 2007 - 2018

Abstract

This paper discusses the investments of Growth Acceleration Program in the Northeast port sector, between 2007 and 2018. Ports are considered strategic elements for the transport logistics of a country that wants to be part of the global production chains, as they tranship between land production and the most efficient mode of transport for global distances, maritime transport. The objective this paper is to verify if the investments made by the Program solved the bottlenecks of the port sector, in the region, identified in the Ipea Mapping of port works carried out by researchers from the Institute of Applied Economic Research. The method adopted was the bibliographic and documentary research, which extracted from the Ipea Mapping the works to be carried out in the northeastern port sector and compared them with those carried out by the Growth Acceleration Program in the region, which are included in the PAC Regional Balances for the Northeast states, in order to ascertain if this program met the sector's demand. Data analysis revealed that while the program proposed projects to address all identified bottlenecks, performance fell far short of meeting sector demand and much more resources were spent than initially anticipated.