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Portugal has recently approved the National Energy Strategy and the National Action Plan over Renewable Energies, enjoying since 2008 of a National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency. Nowadays it is recognized that the international coordination of the energy policies among the countries is crucial to fight climate changes in line with the environmental concerns of societies. In this way, the article discusses the Portuguese energy strategies in the framework of global economic interdependencies. Adapted from the source document.

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This research analyzes the stage of regional economic development of Brazil's regions. For this was used the concept of stages of economic development and as a methodological basis was constructed the Regional Economic Development Index (REDI), using social and economic variables. The results showed that in all Brazilian territory there was an improvement in the level of development 2000 to 2010, but persisting disparities between regions. The regions at an advanced stage, in 2000, were concentrated in the Distrito Federal, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro States, and in 2010 Espírito Santo and Paraná States also started having advanced rationality. While the Southeast and South Brazilian regions showed more developed regions, the North and Northeast Regions and some parts of the Midwest still have more laggards' locations. Finally, the more developed regions have a higher rate of urbanization, greater representation of the secondary and tertiary sectors, higher levels of income and thus lower spending on social programs. Less developed regions show an opposite profile.