Integração econômica e estratégias de industrialização

Resumo

This article analyses the strategies of industrialization aiming at
promoting inter-industrial integration. A theory of economic integration,
based upon notions of external economies, inter-industry linkages, growth
poles etc., is outlined. The implications of Brazilian industrialization upon
demand for labor are discussed and the study concludes that sectors linked
to the agricultural sector originate more jobs when the final demand varies
by one unit. Because underdeveloped countries lack resources, "big push"
taking place simultaneously in all sectors is excluded, as the balanced process
of industrialization requires. Concentration of resources in the leading
propulsive industrie is also excluded when local economic integration is weak.
In an intermediate situation, the balanced polarization suggests the allocation
of resources in a given number of key industries, able to promote the
integrated industrialization of the economy.