Avaliação da aplicação dos royalties da Itaipu Binacional, por meio de indicadores de desenvolvimento sustentável

Abstract

The exploitation of natural resources contributes to the economic growth of the regions, however, numerous natural, social and cultural losses are identified in this process. Sustainability indicators are instruments that allow the analysis and verification of sustainable development in a multidimensional way. The Municipal Sustainable Development Indicator (IDMS) fits this proposal, as it makes it possible to assess in a systematic way the socio-cultural, environmental, economic and political-institutional dimensions of a region. The general objective of the research was to evaluate the occurrence of associations between DMS performance and receipt of royalties from Itaipu Binacional in the immediate geographic regions of Toledo, Marechal Candido Rondon and Foz do Iguaçu. The adopted documentary methodology with a qualitative and quantitative approach. The effectiveness of the IDMS was revealed in its contribution to the understanding of social,cultural, economic, environmental and institutional phenomena, as a result, it enabled the identification of areas with greater sensitivity and lack of public policies. The IDMS showed that the immediate intermediate regions of Foz do Iguaçu, Toledo and Marechal Cândido Rondon have an alert sustainable development index, with dimensions and sub-dimensions at critical levels. The best results presented were in the socio-cultural sub-dimension. The analysis of the correlation between IDMS and municipal revenues per capita showed that there is no correlation between higher rates of sustainable development and higher revenues.The result sound reveal that the municipalities are more concerned with the socio-cultural dimension in relation to the economic, environmental and political-institutional dimensions, it also reveals that there is no correlation between wealth and better rates of sustainable development.