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Productive and regional development policies in Latin America since 1890

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  • Luis Bertola

    (Programa de Historia Económica y Social, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

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The aim of this paper is to identify the main stages of Latin American economic development with respect to the kind of productive policy implemented by the States to promote growth and their implications for regional development. Productive or industrial policy is considered here not only as a sectoral policy, but also as a horizontal one. The relation between industrial and development policy and regional development is not obvious. Regional and local development has become a particular approach to development, departing from the fact that development always takes place in particular territorial environments. There has been always a tension in development studies, between theories that emphasize the existence of some universal development trends, and those who emphasize the specific features of different regions. Development studies, and local development theories, have always emphasized the limits of very general theories to understand the situation of les developed regions, which not only have different positions in the international or national arena, but also different social structures in general. Thus, policy must be specially designed according to the particular circumstances, why there is an important difference between development policies inspired by general theories and applied to a territory, and policies that depart from the particular features of a territory

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  • Luis Bertola, 2020. "Productive and regional development policies in Latin America since 1890," Documentos de trabajo 60, Programa de Historia Económica, FCS, Udelar.
    • Handle: RePEc:ude:doctra:60
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    Keywords

    Development; Latin America; Productive and industrial policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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