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The Discrete Charm of Chilean Agriculture

In: Structure and Structural Change in the Chilean Economy

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  • Renato Aguilar
  • Jorge Dresdner

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Agriculture has played a central role in Chile’s economic development during most of its history. After a relatively short period during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Chile was essentially a military outpost covering Peru’s frontier, the country become a basically agricultural economy. The economic outcome depended heavily of a series of agricultural exporting cycles; first hides and fat, and then grains. It is not until the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that mining became a significant economic and exporting activity. After the Second World War, together with general awareness about the problems of economic development, an attitude against agriculture became apparent. The sector was considered a major hindrance for development and its performance the main explanation for inflation, an endemic problem during the period.

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  • Renato Aguilar & Jorge Dresdner, 2006. "The Discrete Charm of Chilean Agriculture," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Patricio A. Aroca & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings (ed.), Structure and Structural Change in the Chilean Economy, chapter 7, pages 143-168, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-23965-4_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230239654_7
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