3. Regional Inclusion and Territorial Cohesion
In countries such as Angola, there is in fact a large proportion of regions, especially those in the north, with greater untapped economic potential, as most empirical evidence suggests. Isolated regions suffer from territorial discrimination, largely due to the inefficiency of institutions and the inability of public policies to align with the sustainability of particular territories.
Thus, as decentralisation occurs, there are transmission mechanisms that largely increase the capacity for sustainable territorial inclusion in the long term, for example. Regions end up being included in a territorial plan capable of ensuring the greatest possible sustainability at different territorial levels. However, most non-federated states have this characteristic, which is related, for example, to the structural disintegration of their territories, i.e., to a large extent, non-integrated territories are in fact susceptible to territorial instability. This instability particularly compromises territorial cohesion and the integration of territories into first-dimension plans themselves. This particularity has been significantly visible in most countries whose territories are particularly large.
Regional inclusion, however, represents a peculiar characteristic of federal states, i.e., in most countries, there may nevertheless be greater viability in promoting territorial inclusion in particular, for example, through an assertive territorial cohesion policy that is in fact correlated with the specific long-term premises that particular territories actually need to have, for example, through decentralisation, there is in fact greater capacity for regional integration, especially through the integration of largely disadvantaged areas that are unable to remain integrated at the forefront, particularly, for example, for the regional integration of regions that in fact have lower economic potential, as I intend to suggest in the next regions C & D, in a possible future federal model to be implemented in Angola, in particular. The regions that are in fact less developed and have less potential have been those that are unable to achieve sustainable endogenous growth in the short term, where endogenous growth is in fact compromised by the very inability of these territories to attract, for example, a set of foreign direct investments that would in fact promote a significant structural balance in the short term. Thus, through the mechanisms of the MCDER regional structural imbalance corrector (ways of ensuring greater territorial inclusion, especially in territories where there are no real opportunities for sustainable growth, both in the short and long term in particular), it is nevertheless possible to increase regional integration capacity, especially regions that meet implementation convergence criteria, as may in fact be the case with the C & D regions, which are naturally of greater relevance to the regions. The mechanisms for correcting regional structural imbalances have in fact been relevant for affirming, in particular, the levels of regional and structural development of the least developed regions, as is the case, for example, in the poorest regions of developing countries, where no region has been able to serve as a complement to another region. The example of Angola helps to understand this scenario, where, at the outset, there are some regions with higher potential indices, but on the other hand, another part of the regions ends up complementing the others, which allows for complemented and sustained development, particularly in a context of uncertainty. Northern Angola has potential that goes beyond energy resources such as oil and natural gas, However, there are other highly relevant potentialities that initially serve to support industry, namely water resources, marine resources, fishing resources, agricultural potential, minerals and other highly relevant minerals that exist in particular, which initially make the region a complete region with almost all complementary resources. However, the southern regions, for example, have an almost identical base, especially in relation to the potential that the region offers, such as the agricultural potential that exists in the region, mining potential, agricultural potential, and potential for the development of the naval and marine industry in particular, as can be seen in regions such as Benguela and Namibe in particular. Thus, the diversity of economic potential that the regions offer provides, on the one hand, greater regional growth dynamics through this significant capacity for complementarity, as is the case, for example, with the south-central region of Angola.
The approach of complementarity of potentialities allows countries, for example, to introduce a level of sustained endogenous growth in the short term, which is nevertheless particularly related to the territorial development that the regions must actually present, naturally taking into account the convergence criteria necessary for complementarity. For example, the southern regions of Angola end up complementing most of the northern regions. For example, in the future federal model to be implemented in Angola, regions C and D will tend to complement other regions such as A and B. On the other hand, these two regions will be of great importance for the complementarity of the entire federation in particular, as most of the potential economic needs may initially be met by these regions.
Industry, for example, could complement another large part of the regions that do not have, for example, the same pace of development and sustainable growth in the short term. Thus, it is significantly normal that a large part of industry is located in the future federal model, both in regions D and A, for example. This will allow most regions to be in line with the desired short-term sustainable development. Naturally, most regions will be able to define the most relevant convergence criteria to accelerate territorial inclusion, i.e. to enable regions to achieve the endogenous sustainability necessary for their growth in the short term in particular. The countries whose regions are best able to converge towards the greatest possible sustainability have in fact been those that are able in the short term to make significant use of all the potential that exists in their territories in particular and, above all, to make subnational regions as inclusive as possible, as I intend to apply to most regions in Angola in a future federal model to be implemented, for example. this inclusion of regions could, however, be done beyond the MCDER (Structural and Regional Development Correction Mechanism) itself, the other regional sub-levels that I propose should, however, converge with effective territorial inclusion in the short term, as I propose, for example, for the Federal Community Councils (CCF), which are naturally the sub-level below the structure of the territorial levels of the federation.
Plausibly, the sub-regional sub-levels will initially be largely capable of actually building a network capable of structuring, in a balanced manner, the very functioning of the regional structure itself, particularly in regions where there is in fact a great need for territorial inclusion, as may in fact happen with most of the regions that will in fact be located in regions C and D. In these regions in particular, the territorial sub-levels will have greater emphasis and the respective degree of inclusion will depend on the extent to which the territories are in line with the objectives of sustainable development itself.
Thus, in this way, starting with regional sub-levels, for example, will be the possible starting point, with a large part of them in fact being in line with short-term objectives to be implemented in most territories in particular. For example, the degree of inclusion may, however, intensify as territorial sub-levels develop a set of activities that are particularly relevant to sustainable growth, for example, at lower levels such as CCFs. the Structural and Regional Development Corrective Mechanisms (MCDER) should, however, converge with the increase, for example, in the inclusion of neighbourhoods that initially have a great power of destructuring in themselves and are unable, for example, in the short term, to actually develop significantly, as is in fact the case in most regions in particular. Thus, the national sub-levels and lower territorial levels will nevertheless be able to significantly boost an even greater dynamic that will in fact correct these structural imbalances that are found in most regions at the lower levels.
The lowest territorial level of all naturally has to do with neighbourhoods, for example, which, for the most part, do not in fact show the desired community growth and development for their inhabitants in particular. However, through the use of MCDERs, I intend to include neighbourhoods with the lowest possible degree of community development. These should, however, converge towards integration that is in line with the objectives of the community councils in particular, where the less developed community councils can in fact use MCDERs for their inclusion in the other higher sub-levels of the federation.
The initial lack of a set of significantly organised and orderly neighbourhoods allows, on the other hand, for a greater lack of sustainable growth of their populations. For example, when neighbourhoods are in fact destructured, there is a large increase in levels of multidimensional poverty, in line, for example, with the lack of environmental sustainability necessary to increase the longevity and social well-being of their populations in particular. On the other hand, the lack of community health, for example, may promote the unsustainability of long-term growth, which may in fact be correlated with the very dynamics of short-term structural development. Thus, MCDERs should be strong enough to ensure short-term regional inclusion. neighbourhoods should in fact ensure that they are in line with the needs of long-term sustainable growth that will in fact promote greater social inclusion from the outset, i.e. ensure that the necessary preconditions exist for both inclusion and long-term sustainable development in particular. Thus, most Community Councils should initially include most of the least developed neighbourhoods with the least potential.
Thus, as social inclusion through neighbourhoods increases, there is also a greater increase in the capacity to ensure that societies themselves can promote greater social and economic inclusion through corrective mechanisms. However, community councils should converge towards long-term sustainable growth, This sustainability will have to do with the way in which regions must ensure that they can absorb a large part of their own economic and structural development in the short term, for example. Thus, territorial cohesion is possible through a considerable and significant increase in these regions in particular, but most of these regions should nevertheless promote long-term integration, especially considering how, for example, Federal Community Councils should increase their capacity for long-term inclusion. it seems plausible that the neighbourhoods and communities with the highest levels of discrimination are, on the other hand, the neighbourhoods that should in fact increase their capacity for regional integration.
Territorial cohesion can in fact be achieved by increasing these potentials to converge, for example, in the long term, as I will in fact be able to present in other possible articles on decentralisation and territorial development through a federal model from the outset. Thus, plausibly, the lack of territorial growth capacity will mean that most discriminated communities are underutilised from the outset and lack the effective capacity to ensure greater resilience to these small territorial particles of society itself.
Thus, to the extent that regions are able to become autonomous, they are nevertheless able to promote short-term sustainable growth through their lower sub-levels, as may in fact happen with community councils, federal parishes and municipalities in particular. Thus, at these levels, fiscal decentralisation will nevertheless have the responsibility of ensuring long-term sustainable growth. However, this growth should converge towards a significant improvement that is related to tax contributions at these lower sub-levels in particular. On the other hand, the complementarity of the regions themselves may, however, ensure that there is, for example, greater dynamism in terms of how the regions should in fact promote greater self-sustainability, which is in line with the greater fiscal autonomy of the regions in particular. Thus, on the other hand, territorial cohesion is in fact possible to achieve with the incentives that most regions should implement in most regions in particular, so the more inclusive the regions are, the greater their capacity to achieve sustained growth. With effective fiscal decentralisation, the regions will be able to introduce a set of taxes that are in line with the dynamics of the respective region. However, what I propose is that the states that are in fact covered by the MCDER should in fact be able to align themselves with an effective capacity to collect local tax revenues in a more efficient and fair manner. Naturally, regions with lower potential should nevertheless become capable of ensuring, for example, sustainable short-term growth. On the other hand, the tax base, in fact, because it has greater incentive capacity, should, however, attract a significant number of companies to the respective region in particular, especially regions C & D, which, from a structural point of view, have greater attraction capacity, especially because they may have a less aggressive tax burden than other regions.
Through territorial inclusion, it is indeed possible to achieve greater institutional capacity for sustainable development. On the other hand, however, less developed municipalities will have to be able to develop a more balanced and fair tax base from a fiscal point of view. these regions in particular can easily become cohesive and increase their own momentum, which is in line with the capabilities of these municipalities to provide a more meaningful basis for integration.