Avaliação do programa Paraná Recupera no enfrentamento do COVID-19 entre 2020 e 2021

Abstract

With the Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in 2020 and 2021, companies were faced with one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century, especially those that already had regular difficulties in accessing credit. In this context, the objective of this research was to evaluate the Paraná Recupera Program, implemented by the state government in facing the crisis in its most critical moment of these two years. To make the study viable, a descriptive qualitative research was chosen, through documentary analysis and with the use of primary and secondary data generated by the Paraná Development Agency. The importance of this study lies in understanding and evaluating the importance of the government’s action at the state level, which launched its own program to help companies in financial difficulties. Paraná Recupera is a special credit line aimed at informal, formal, micro and small companies in Paraná. As an attraction, subsidized credit at reduced rates and differentiated grace periods, in order to provide greater liquidity for small businesses during the most recessionary period of the crisis. Understanding the functioning of the Paraná Recupera Program can contribute to the identification of strengths, through considerable results and the scope of care within the municipalities of Paraná and the limitations of the proposal due to the ongoing crisis.