Development and resistance. Public investment projects in the Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Abstract

Public investment projects are "proposals for change that, based on specific investments, policies and action strategies, seek to expand people's opportunities and options for development" (Bobadilla et al. 2012). Among the most common are nuclear power plants, hydroelectric and petrochemical facilities, industrial zones, large economic and public transportation corridors. This research will refer to the main public investment projects implemented in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region, with emphasis on the Interoceanic Corridor. The purpose of this is to analyse the impact of public investment projects that have been carried out in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region on the promotion of local development. Thus, the historical results of the public investment projects were analysed according to the dimensions of local development, comparing them with each other, in order to later analyse the historical results and in future research project the impacts of the interoceanic corridor through its design, to confirm the social relevance of said project, whether it will be different or not and that it satisfies the axes of local development.