The decline of more orthodox versions of liberalism in the first decade of this century has provided an opportunity for the reevaluation of state action. In Brazil, the recovery of the state's investment capacity and the updates (albeit inadequate updates) to the state's administrative structure have revitalized the fields of planning and development, giving them new, challenging, and more complex goals. But to what extent should the concept of "planning and development" be reconsidered in this new context? The paper explores aspects of the complexity of current events, which themselves raise the need to retrain and reframe meanings and practices of government planning, as well as of the very development that has been planned for the country during this period. We conclude by stating that development is a collective, cumulative, and continuous process of learning and achievements, the dimensions or descriptions of which are grouped together - theoretically and politically - both together and as equivalent levels of strategic importance, because today, finally, it is clear that we are not talking about development.
Complexity; Planning; Development; Brazil
