Uma década do Programa de Desenvolvimento Territorial Rural no Rio de Janeiro - estudo de caso do noroeste fluminense

Abstract

This study is to focus the analysis of the operational dimension of the National Program for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas (PRONAT) and the Citizenship Territories Program (PTC), focused on two aspects, data collection on Infrastructure Projects and Services in Territories Rural executed (PROINF), and information about human resources in technical assistance for the execution of the territorial approach to development. The initial assumption is that the analysis of these two aspects can reveal important elements for the understanding of public action, considering that this dimension sometimes is rarely addressed in studies on the subject. The structure of the work begins with the introduction where the programmatic entry territorial approach to rural development is presented as a way of interpretation of rural development, which aims to contribute to overcoming the low human development indices in these areas. The first chapter held a discussion on the concept of public policy in the Brazilian rural context, relating how these concepts have influenced different logics of rural development in the history of the country. The second part presents the territory of the Northwest Fluminense, municipalities that comprise the formation of this region and the profile linked to the economic and social dimension. Chapter 3 sets out the data relating to infrastructure projects and services running on Rio northwest. Chapter 4 analyzes the characteristics related to human resources in the implementation of territorial program. In the last part are conducted his final remarks when stands out with regard to results and effectiveness, which will still be necessary improvements, especially in the aspects studied in this thesis, such as the qualification of the executed projects and human resources involved in the implementation of the programs.