Mining activity in Brazil has significantly contributed to the country development.However,this contribution is not always fully noticed by society.This study aims to bring more evidence to this mining activity contri...Mining activity in Brazil has significantly contributed to the country development.However,this contribution is not always fully noticed by society.This study aims to bring more evidence to this mining activity contribution,based on highly regarded development indicators,such as the HDI(Human Development Index),created by the UNDP(United Nations Development Programme).The HD1 was traditionally designed as an instrument to evaluate the degree of countries development and was subsequently deployed to states and municipalities(IDHM(Municipal Human Development Index)for Brazilian municipalities).In addition to lDHM released by the UNDP,FIRJAN(Federation of the Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro)developed its own IFDM(FIR JAN Municipal Development Index).The statistical analysis shows that the average of the municipalities with mining activities has superior development indices than those with non-mining activities,especially in the two major mining states:Minas Gerais and Parfi.展开更多
文摘Mining activity in Brazil has significantly contributed to the country development.However,this contribution is not always fully noticed by society.This study aims to bring more evidence to this mining activity contribution,based on highly regarded development indicators,such as the HDI(Human Development Index),created by the UNDP(United Nations Development Programme).The HD1 was traditionally designed as an instrument to evaluate the degree of countries development and was subsequently deployed to states and municipalities(IDHM(Municipal Human Development Index)for Brazilian municipalities).In addition to lDHM released by the UNDP,FIRJAN(Federation of the Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro)developed its own IFDM(FIR JAN Municipal Development Index).The statistical analysis shows that the average of the municipalities with mining activities has superior development indices than those with non-mining activities,especially in the two major mining states:Minas Gerais and Parfi.
