Employment dynamics and human development in the municipality of Porto Nacional – TO: Perspectives and realities

This article is the result of a scientific initiation research. The theoretical analysis was based on a bibliographical review and the empirical analysis was based on fieldwork with the application of interviews and the collection of statistical data on employment in the database of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and in the Human Development Atlas of 2000 and 2013. Its objective is to analyze and evaluate the dynamics of employment, evolution and human development in Porto Nacional - TO. The empirical investigation was developed based on statistical data collected in the database of IBGE and UNDP and interviews with union leaders. The results of this research are presented in the form of tables and graphs in the text.