Regional development in Brazil and Argentina

Abstract

The theme of regional development arouses interest in the political debate, especially because it involves the powers of the State, intergovernmental
relations and inequalities in the distribution of wealth and in the provision of public policies. In Brazil, one of the main characteristics that
permeates regional development policies is a great inequality between the North, Northeast and Center-West in relation to the South and Southeast.
This inequality scenario is not a Brazilian prerogative, having been observed in other Latin American countries, especially Argentina. Therefore, in the
comparison between the two countries, Brazil and Argentina, this article aims to map how they built their governmental agendas to overcome these
development bottlenecks. Brazil has a trajectory of State intervention in policies through the Regional Superintendencies, and, on the other hand,
Argentina also has some measures, especially located in the ministerial portfolios, to contain the advances of asymmetries.