This paper analyses the impact of increases in the price of two primary products - coffee and cocoa - on the growth of the national and regional economies in Brazil. It aims at explaining the factors that have determined salutary effects in the coffee region and negligible effects in the cocoa...

This paper focus the regional distribution of Minas Gerais' industries, between 1970 and 1994. The industrial employment growth in the various regions of the State is analyzed. This allow us to classify them as: in depression, stagnant, with moderated growth, rapid growth and accelerated growth....

The article addresses the planning challenges involved in the territorial development of rural areas in Brazil. Its main concern is that the country needs intermediary organizations, beyond the municipal limits, yet inside the state boundary, which could embody the joint construction of...