TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS AND AREAS IN ECONOMIC RECONVERSION: CASE ANALYSIS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÃO JOÃO DA BARRA, RJ

Abstract

The text aims to analyze the economic role of the Açu Port and Industrial Complex in the municipality of São João da Barra, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the Complex is located. Besides bibliographic and documentary research, the study was based on field survey data, which goal was to identify the profile of the new companies located in the port, their economic relations in the region, and their relationship with local governments. Results indicate that, given the complexity of their operations, commercial relations with local companies are fragile, especially those expenses with the acquisition of equipment and skilled labor, which was neither hired nor will be hired locally so soon, which greatly limits the capacity to induce these investments in the local/regional economy. From the responses of the public sector representatives, it can be concluded that, in the municipalities of the region, there is a virtual absence of long-term public policy focused on development; that their interlocutors are fragile in relation to large corporations, and local governments lack strategic vision as public makers.