new investments in brazil regional and sectorial aspects denise andrade rodrigues abstract the transformation that brazilian economy is currently undergoing may be discerned by analyzing announcements of investment plans media during 1996 1997 which highlight heavy infrastructure consolidation sustainable economic growth levels were notable not only sector but also mechanical electrical electronic food beverage industries as well services related to leisure there petrochemical chemical steel paper pulp most notably expansion capacity for supplying raw materials addition confirmed trend observed preceding year towards decentralization away from são paulo extension production distribution corridors north east south country 1 introduction an analysis made public companies institutions through absence censuses surveys interesting way accompanying development over course we collected analyzed such information a viewpoint found