@article{14d2ebf6ab6f4e56aeea4cbe66281ec3,
title = "Regional development as a policy for growth with equity:. The State of Ceara (Brazil) as a model",
author = "Raphael Bar-El and Dafna Schwartz",
note = "Funding Information: This article is the result of a project of the Inter-American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA), the first stage performed by the Technical Department of the Secretariat of Rural Development, and the second stage by the Secretariat of Local and Regional Development of the Government of Ceara. This study took place over a period of 5 years. We wish to express our extreme gratitude to Prof. Pedro Sisnando Leite, who initiated this project when he served as the Secretary of Rural Development in the Government of Ceara, and provided us with the opportunity to study the important issue of rural poverty. We thank him for his valuable professional comments on all drafts of this article. We also wish to acknowledge the support of the Governors of the state of Ceara: first Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati, who took an active part in the instigation and initiation of this study, followed by Beni Veras, and then Lucio Alcantara, who together with Vice-Governor Francisco de Queiroz Maia Junior, led the major effort of active implementation. We would also like to thank all the Secretaries of the Government who took an active part in the analysis of the problem of poverty and economic growth in Ceara. In addition, for their efforts to design the best appropriate policy model for this state, we thank Monica Clark Nunes Cavalcante (Planning and Coordination), Carlos Matos Lima (Agriculture), Helio Barros (Science and Technology), and Roberto Matoso (Labor and Entrepreneurship). Last but not least, we wish to acknowledge the enormous contribution of Alex Araujo, Secretary of Local and Regional Development, who, together with his staff, took major responsibility in the devising, analysis, and implementation of the policy of the state.",
year = "2006",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.progress.2006.03.004",
language = "English",
volume = "65",
pages = "131--199",
journal = "Progress in planning",
issn = "0305-9006",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "3",
}
