DEINDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE CITY OF FRANCA AS A RESULT OF THE BACKWARD MOVIMENT OF BRAZILIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The objective of the article was to examine some of the main changes that occurred in the Brazilian economy and that influenced its economic development. Analogously, we examined what also happened to the economy and, consequently, to the economic development of the São Paulo municipality of Franca. The Brazilian economic development can be understood as a process whose trajectory describes an advancement movement, which is marked by the rupture of the agro-export model and the modernization of the economy through industrialization, starting in the 1930s; and a backward movement, which began in the 1990s, which is marked by the reduction in the share of industry in the GDP and the return of agricultural and mineral commodities as the main products on the Brazilian export agenda. The footwear industry in Franca was influenced by both movements, which led to the loss of the industry's share in the composition of the Total Added Value in the municipality's economy, as well as in the percentage of participation in formal active links among the large sectors of the economy. The methodological procedures adopted were based on a bibliographical research added by the use of economic indicators and by the regional analysis method based on the Restructuring Coefficient. The result of the research showed us that, between 1985 and 2020, there was a significant change in the structure of the economy in Franca.