Desenvolvimento local e experiências territoriais no Nordeste brasileiro: casos de sucesso no estado do Ceará

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze, in the light of some theories on Local Development, selected experiences of the state of Ceará identifying factors that made them successful. There are shown also the limitations of the theories given the complexity of the territory, following the classification of Ferreira (2018). The work used secondary data that allowed a qualitative analysis of the cases using content analysis and comparison. There was a dependence on public authorities to consolidate productivity through financial and technical support for public policies and initiatives in all three cases. The experience of the Pingo D’água arrangement is based on pillars of productive specialization and a high link of cooperation and governance of Local Productive Arrangements. The case study of the Citizenship and Social Control Agent Program is an experience that highlights the ideas of the critical view, while the case of Banco Palmas uses techniques of community development and assumptions of Solidarity Economy that fits primarily with the theory of Symbolic Sites of Belonging.