Principais impactos socioeconômicos causados pela pandemia na vida dos pequenos feirantes no município de Pão de Açúcar/AL

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the new corona virus, SARS-CoV-2 caused a major socioeconomic crisis, not only in developing countries such as Brazil, but in great powers, such as the United States of America (USA), China, Russia, Japan and others. The impacts were completely perceptible, especially for micro-entrepreneurs such as those seen at the Free Markets in the municipalities of the interior of Alagoas, such as Pão de Açúcar located in the hinterland of Alagoas. The open market in the state is steeped in culture, there are many who sell it because they grew up watching their great-grandparents, grandparents and parents in this activity. Many families are supported by the marketing work at the free fairs. However, with the pandemic, the sales and purchases scenario changed drastically and, to contain or minimize the spread of the virus proliferation, measures were taken and, among these, social distance. This and other measures culminated in the closure of numerous establishments and, consequently, the economy was paralyzed and many marketers felt strong impacts in these months of distancing. As an objective, this work aims to know the main socioeconomic impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of small marketers in the city of Pão de Açúcar, as well as to address aspects related to the Free Market in the municipality of Pão de Açúcar and the measures taken. to minimize the impacts of the pandemic in Brazil. The problem question that motivated the development of the study was: What are the impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic among the marketers in the municipality of Pão de Açúcar? In order to achieve the proposed objectives, qualitative and quantitative bibliographic research was used as a methodological resource, based on a detailed analysis of materials already published in the literature and scientific articles published in the electronic environment, as well as the application of a semi-structured interview, carried out with 20 fairgrounds in the municipality of Pão de Açúcar.