Strategies to Increase the Relative Participation of Industry in GDP and Mitigate Brazil’s Deindustrialization Process

Abstract

Deindustrialization is a phenomenon that affects the economic performance of developed and developing countries. However, academic studies that evaluate strategies to promote the industrialization of a country, through information provided by industry experts, are scarce. This article aims to offer strategies to increase the relative participation of Brazilian industry in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in order to mitigate the process of deindustrialization in the country. The DPSIR (Driving forces – Pressures – State – Impacts - Responses) method was used, as a means of mapping information from experts directly involved in industrial development in the areas of Economics, Public Law, Scientific Research, and Public and Private Management. Additionally, the TOPSIS method was used to prioritize the experts’ responses in the order of implementation urgency. The main result of this work has been to reveal strategies that must be prioritized if industrialization in the country is to be promoted. In this respect, there is an evident need for the implementation of a planning agenda that takes into account the current Brazilian position.