An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America, Volume 3 Industrialization and the State in Latin America: The Postwar Years

by Cardenas, Enrique; Ocampo, Jose Antonio; Thorp, Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780333633427
• ISBN10: 0333633423
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-13
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In the 1990s, "protection," "import substitution," and "intervention" have become dirty words, part of the "leyenda negra" of Latin America development in the post-war period. This book attempts a fresh look at the controversial years between the end of the Second World War and the point when, at varying dates in different countries, a discontinuity occurs in which the post-war "style of development" ceased to play a central role in the economic evolution of the region. The analysis is based on seven case studies covering 11countries.

Author Biography

Enrique Cßrdenas is Professor of Economics and Rector, Universidad de las AmTricas-Pueblas.

JosT Antonio Ocampo is Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Rosemary Thorp is Reader in the Economics of Latin America, St. Antony's College.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	ix
Foreword to An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America	xii
Notes on the Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(35)
Enrique Cardenas
Jose Antonio Ocampo
Rosemary Thorp
Technological Learning, Institution Building and the Microeconomics of Import Substitution	36	(22)
Jorge Katz
Bernardo Kosacoff
ECLA and the Theory of Import Substituting Industrialization in Latin America	58	(40)
E.V.K. FitzGerald
The Influence of International Financial Institutions on ISI	98	(16)
Richard Webb
The Industrialization of Chile during Protectionism, 1940-82	114	(40)
Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
Oscar Munoz
Jose Miguel Benavente
Gustavo Crespi
Import Substitution and Growth in Brazil, 1890s-1970s	154	(22)
Marcelo de P. Abreu
Afonso S. Bevilaqua
Demosthenes M. Pinho
The Process of Accelerated Industrialization in Mexico, 1929-82	176	(29)
Enrique Cardenas
Industrialization in Venezuela, 1936-83: The Problem of Abudance	205	(34)
Pablo Astorga
Colombia in the Classical Era of `Inward-Looking Development', 1930-74	239	(43)
Jose Antonio Ocampo
Camilo Tovar
Import-Substituting Industrialization in Argentina, 1940-80: Its Achievements and Shortcomings	282	(32)
Jorge Katz
Bernardo Kosacoff
Import Substitution, Economic Integration and the Development of Central America 1950-80	314	(21)
Isaac Cohen
Index	335