*The Iron Quadrangle of Minas Gerais from the perspective of the national mining plan:a comparative qualitative analysis for the years 2013 and 2018.
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Regional Economic Development. Mining. Sustainability. Iron Quadrangle. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). National Mining Plan (NMP-2030).
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The objective of the dissertation project was to explore the multidimensional characteristics related to the regional economy. More specifically, the behavior of economic and sustainable development in the Iron Quadrangle region, in the state of Minas Gerais, and its relationship with the National Mining Plan 2030 (NMP-2030) will be investigated. To achieve this purpose, a literature review was created that highlights the role of the regional economy, with a brief highlight on the actions of the Brazilian State in favor of this theme. Furthermore, the externalities of diversification and specialization inherent to the process of regional and urban economic development were highlighted. Also in the theoretical framework, the challenges of mining in Brazil and abroad were addressed. Based on the theoretical and empirical framework, the multivariate analysis technique was used, namely, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Based on the socioeconomic and environmental variables representative of the sample in the 34 municipalities of the Iron Quadrangle, it was observed that there were advances regarding the strategic objective “Promoting Sustainable Development in Mining-Based Regions” foreseen in the NMP-2030, based on the period of study (2013 and 2018).