Política e estratégia industrial no contexto da integração regional: o caso de Moçambique

Abstract

The design of industrial development policies and strategies is one of the greatest challenges faced by developing economies that are in the process of regional integration. The tariff disarmament resulting from integration leads to an enlargement of the domestic market and forces countries to rethink their industrial development strategies, looking for ways to take advantage of the opportunities that arise in this process, and protect themselves from the dangers that can also arise from it. This thesis aims to analyze the issue of designing industrial policies and strategies in a context of regional economic integration and, using the analytical framework of linkages, agents, and the dynamic relationship between the two, argues that a country's industrial development strategy must be designed within the actual dynamics that shape the pattern, pace, and direction of industrialization in that same country, at the risk of it being ineffective. The idea is that several currents of economic thought look at industrialization as the key vehicle in an integration process, given its contribution in terms of creation, development and diffusion of productive and technological capacities for all sectors of the economy. Thus, it becomes important to find the appropriate methodology to analyse industrialisation patterns, so that industrial policies and strategies can be designed to lead the economy towards a pattern of integration consistent with the dynamics of the regional economy. Looking at the case of Mozambique, the thesis considers that an industrial policy in the country that is capable of creating capacities for domestic industries so that they become regionally and nationally competitive necessarily involves the correct perception of the characteristics of the existing industrial fabric, patterns of production, trade and industrialisation, both within the country and at the regional level. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)