Tracing a path toward development: the case of the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique

Traçando a saída para o desenvolvimento: o caso do Corredor de Nacala em Moçambique

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https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v27n2-1

Abstract

The article performs a critical analysis of the recent trajectory of the commodity boom, focusing on the strategies of construction of economic corridors centered on the dynamics of land expropriation and exploitation of natural resources. We discuss the Nacala Corridor, in Mozambique, the preferred destiny of ​​Brazilian investments in the country (in particular, that of the mining company Vale) and a point of convergence for many projects of international organizations and transnational corporations. We defend a view that the Corridor has operated as a privileged space of articulation and convergence of the interests of different actors, both national and international, highlighting the central role of the Mozambican State. The article demonstrates that investments in logistics megaprojects, in addition to their direct effects in the territory, prepare the ground for the expansion of agribusiness and mineral exploration in an uneven and concentrated dynamic that opens up new frontiers for capital accumulation. In addition, with the article, we intend to build a theoretical framework that dialogues with two field surveys carried out in Mozambique, in the Nacala Corridor (2014 and 2017).
Keywords: economic corridors; land; development.

KATO, Karina Yoshie Martins. Traçando a saída para o desenvolvimento: o caso do Corredor de Nacala em Moçambique. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, v. 27, n. 2, p. 229-254, jun. 2019.

Submitted in february 2019.
Accepted in april 2019.

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  • Karina Yoshie Martins Kato, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Brasil

    Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ) and researcher at the Observatory of Public Policies for Agriculture (OPPA/CPDA) and the Social Change, Agribusiness and Public Policy (GEMAP/CPDA).
    E-mail: anirakato@yahoo.com
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/1487027132879542
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karina_Kato3

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2019-06-01

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Vol. 27 No. 2: Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (june to september 2019)

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