The concept of development in the four moments of implementing the Suape port-industrial complex (1955 to 2015)

Abstract

The Suape Port Industrial Complex (CIPS) has a long history of experiences for
regional planning. The objectives of this article are: first, to understand if there was a change in the repertoire of the concept of development of institutional plans of CIPS, from 1955 to 2015; second, there was a
balance between the investments of the federal government in the economic and social area applied in the
strategic territory of Suape, from 2003 to 2015. The methodology used was carried out in two movements: 1. the analysis of the institutional discourse of the CIPS documents and the PPAs of the federal government and
of Pernambuco; 2. The balance of investment data from the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) and the
National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) underlying the socioeconomic indicators of
the municipalities that make up the strategic territory of Suape. It is concluded that the federal government’s
conception of development is limited by the investment strategy of the PAC and BNDES in the oil and gas
segments, centered on the energy axis of Suape and there was a polarization of federal government spending
on projects in Ipojuca and Cabo Santo Agostinho in the years 2007 to 2015.