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«Desarrollismo» e infraestructura energética: el proyecto de la usina del Dock Sud en Buenos Aires, 1955-1962

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  • Raúl García Heras

    (Profesor Adjunto de Historia Económica en la Universidad de Buenos Aires e Investigador del CONICET en el IIEP-BAIRES, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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Based on unpublished Argentine and foreign primary sources, this article analyses the role of the World Bank in the financing of a basic infrastructure project carried out by the State to solve electric power supply shortages in the city of Buenos Aires and its suburbs in the 1960s. It examines the energy crisis that led to its formulation and early execution, as well as the reasons why the Argentine government subsequently reformulated the earlier project and requested assistance to the World Bank in order to complete it. Also discussed are the difficulties tackled in order to achieve its aims in the wake of the failure of an earlier energy strategy that contemplated the co-existence of state, private, and mixed companies. In the conclusions, the significance of this case-study for Argentina's creditworthiness abroad are discussed, as an example of World Bank loan policies in Latin America, and underlying difficulties for the Argentine government after accepting the “conditionality” criteria of this institution. KEY Classification-JEL: F34. F35. N26. O19

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  • Raúl García Heras, 2018. "«Desarrollismo» e infraestructura energética: el proyecto de la usina del Dock Sud en Buenos Aires, 1955-1962," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 14(02), pages 107-117.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:invest:v:14:y:2018:i:02:p:107-117
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    Keywords

    Desarrollismo-América Latina. Energía eléctrica-América Latina. Banco Mundial-América Latina. Préstamos internacionales-América Latina;

    JEL classification:

    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

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