Hirschman and Furtado's contributions for a historical discussion on regional economic resilience to droughts in the Brazilian semiarid: an evolutionary approach

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  • Igor Santos Tupy Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Fernanda Faria Silva Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

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This paper aims to analyze the economic resilience of Brazil’s semiarid region to the phenomenon of droughts in the first half of the 20th century. Specifically, it uses Hirschman and Furtado’s analyses of economic development and the question of droughts in the Brazilian Northeast to establish
the notion of resilience to droughts from an evolutionary perspective. The paper highlights certain political and institutional aspects as determinants of regional resilience by studying the evolution of government-backed initiatives to cope with such droughts. It also shows how this particular economy has become vulnerable and susceptible, limited in its ability to learn from or adapt to such shocks, thereby effectively lacking any resilience to droughts.

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Biografia do Autor

Igor Santos Tupy, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Doctor Degree in Economics from Center of Development and Regional Planning, CEDEPLAR/UFMG  Professor of Economics at Federal University of Viçosa.

Fernanda Faria Silva, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Doctor Degree in Economics from Center of Development and Regional Planning, CEDEPLAR/UFMG (2007- 2011). Professor of Economics at Federal University of Ouro Preto (ICSA/ UFOP). Graduate Studies Program Coordinator (Master in Applied Economics - UFOP): from 04 January 2016 to 01 April 2018. Coordinator of "Emergent" Group in Applied Economics (PROPP/ UFOP and CNPq) - (May 2013 - December 2015). Researcher at Laboratory of Studies on Money and Territory (LEMTe) at CEDEPLAR/ UFMG (2008 - actually). Visiting Scholarship Student at University of La Laguna, Spain (September 2009- August 2010). Her research interests issues include: Development economics; monetary economy; Brazilian economy, regional economy, rural economy.

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2019-06-27

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Tupy, I. S., & Silva, F. F. (2019). Hirschman and Furtado’s contributions for a historical discussion on regional economic resilience to droughts in the Brazilian semiarid: an evolutionary approach. Cadernos Do Desenvolvimento, 14(24), 61–85. Recuperado de https://cadernosdodesenvolvimento.org.br/cdes/article/view/364

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