A trajetória da economia de Santo Antônio/RN no período de 2010/2020

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to describe the perspective of the development of the municipality of Santo Antônio, through bibliographical and descriptive research into the factors that contributed to the development of the municipality's economy. Having established the theoretical bases of economic literature, and in particular, noting the meanings in which growth and development are usually used, we move on to the description itself. For a better analysis, it is offered by inserting the local economy into the larger context of the state and Brazilian economies, for this purpose data from IBGE and empirical literature are used. Therefore, it intends to show the main historical and economic events. The research problem is based on the issue of economic development, illustrating in the work whether there really was economic growth. The municipality of Santo Antônio is located in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte, in the Agreste Potiguar mesoregion, with a territorial area of 301,082 km², 70km away from the state capital, Natal and bordered by the municipalities of São José do Campestre, Serrinha, Lagos de Pedras, Brejinho, Passagem, Várzea, Nova Cruz and Lagoa Dantas.