The notability of Pará in the Brazilian scenario as an ore producer is well known, ranking first
in ore exports among the states, especially in the production of iron, bauxite, copper, kaolin,
manganese, nickel, limestone, gold, gems and other ores used in civil construction, which
makes it the largest national collector of the Financial Compensation for Mineral Extraction
(CFEM), in which Parauapebas accounts for 49.3% of the collection, showing the importance
of this revenue for the public coffers. Under these conditions, the object of the present study is
the municipality of Parauapebas, the largest CFEM tax collector, as well as the prerogatives
that defined it as the object of the research due to three peculiarities: a) mining is its main
economic matrix; b) the circumscription is the biggest CFEM tax collector and; c) being located
in a region of the Brazilian Amazon that presents numerous social and economic vulnerabilities,
highlighting the importance of public policies that induce development. Therefore, the
hypothesis arising from this questioning led to the assumption that, in addition to historical,
sociocultural and geopolitical causes, there were socioeconomic determinants that directly
contributed to the dynamics of penetration, occupation, expansion of the economic frontier,
based on the institutional apparatuses established by the policy of integration, the guiding
question was determined: How does the Institutional Theory explain the use of Financial CFEM
in the municipality of Parauapebas-PA? Thus, the objective of this dissertation is to analyze
how the budgetary and financial resources coming from the CFEM of Parauapebas are being
invested and if these contributions are positive for the development of this municipality. It was
pointed out that the CFEM plays an important role in the distribution of wealth to subnational
entities, and, in this perspective, the Kandir Law and the CFEM are key constituents of the
economic regime of capital accumulation. The changes in the economy resulting from
Complementary Law 87 of 1996 (Kandir Law) had a correspondence in the short, medium and
long term in the transformations that occurred in the Brazilian economy and in the commodity
exporting states, especially with the growth of the mineral extraction industry, which occurred
at a pace unprecedented in the history of the state. It is proposed that the municipal government
document the results obtained with public policies, develop open indicators for society and
academic centers for their evaluation. Public and private universities, in addition to research
centers, need to better fulfill their role, demanding greater participation from these institutions,
since it is not just about directing resources, but about creating correct incentives and
demanding results.
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