A desigualdade econômica entre os municípios da região norte do Brasil

Abstract

In this paper, inter-municipal economic inequality is understood as the unbalanced participation of municipalities in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a given large region. In general, the objective is to investigate the evolution of economic inequality among the municipalities that make up the Northern region of Brazil, in the period from 2000 to 2010. Specifically, we seek to a) determine the degree of economic inequality in the North region of Brazil, from 2000 to 2010; b) determine the degree of economic inequality in the states that make up the North region of Brazil, from 2000 to 2010 and c) verify the evolution of economic inequality in the first decade of the 21st century at the level of the large region and the states. The Williamson Coefficient (Vw), developed by Williamson (1965), is used to measure the degree of inequality in the studied decade. The degree of inter-municipal inequality in the North region went from 0.83 in the year 2000 to 0.93 in the year 2010, presenting a growth of 13.47 in the period. The degree of inequality decreased in the states of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas and Amapá, and increased in the states of Tocantins, Pará and Roraima. It was concluded that in the decade analyzed the inter-municipal economic inequality in the North of Brazil followed an increasing trend.