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Abstract
The Territories of Citizenship Program (PTC) is one of the most important
territorial development policies in force in Brazil, especially regarding its scope and
importance. The program features different scope, with territorial approach, social and
inter-ministerial management. Despite the fact that the PTC is based in an evolutionary process of public policies, such as the National Program to Strengthen Family Agriculture (Pronaf) and Sustainable
Development Program of Rural Areas (Pronat), it still presents certain bottlenecks, as the definition criteria for the
choice of the territories. In this sense, the paper presents a statistical methodology with the objective of assessing
the eligibility criteria and the importance level of these criteria for a municipality to be served by the program, from
proxy indicators to the criteria set by decree. As a result, criteria such as population density, existence of quilombos
and indigenous population did not show the expected role. But the Human Development Index is presented as
the main eligibility criteria, showing that the index remains relevant for the monitoring and evaluation cycle of
Brazilian public policy. Family farming, one of the main pillars of PTC and its predecessor programs, was also
important, maintaining the consistency of the scope and objectives of the program.