Municipal Plenty, Municipal Poverty, and Brazilian Economic Development, 1836–1850
| Autor: | Luciana Suarez Lopes, Anne G. Hanley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
History Economic growth lcsh:Latin America. Spanish America Multidisciplinary Sociology and Political Science Literature and Literary Theory Poverty General Arts and Humanities 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development lcsh:F1201-3799 06 humanities and the arts Development 060104 history lcsh:Social Sciences lcsh:H Anthropology 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations Economics 0601 history and archaeology 050207 economics General Economics Econometrics and Finance |
| Zdroj: | Latin American Research Review, Vol 52, Iss 3, Pp 361-377 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1542-4278 0023-8791 |
| Popis: | Municipalities in nineteenth-century Brazil bore the responsibility for providing public services that enhanced economic exchange, particularly physical infrastructure that facilitated the circulation of goods and services. Therefore, the question of whether the resources to pay for these services were abundant or scarce matters greatly to our understanding of Brazil’s history of economic development and socioeconomic inequality. Although ex ante budgets regularly predicted financial abundance, ex post financial statements repeatedly reported chronic deficits and financial instability. In the face of unanticipated revenue shortfalls, municipalities cut investments in essential public infrastructure, thereby dampening domestic economic exchange and perpetuating municipal poverty. Resumo As municipalidades no Brasil oitocentista eram as responsaveis pela provisao de uma serie de bens publicos, em especial infraestrutura cujo objetivo principal era o de facilitar o comercio e a circulacao de mercadorias em seu territorio. Dessa maneira, a discussao sobre a abundância ou escassez de recursos para o financiamento dessas necessidades constitui tema de suma importância para se compreender o processo historico que levou o Brasil a uma dinâmica nao homogenea de desenvolvimento economico e a construcao de uma sociedade desigual. Nesse sentido, ainda que as leis orcamentarias apontassem sistematicamente a abundância de recursos publicos, os balancos registravam repetidos deficits, alem de uma constante instabilidade financeira. Diante do cenario de escassez de recursos, as municipalidades, por via de regra, cortavam investimentos em infraestrutura, comprometendo ainda mais sua capacidade arrecadatoria e perpetuando assim a sua ja precaria situacao. |
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