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Argentina's Economic Evolution: From Export-Import Development to Import-Substitution Industrialization

Explore Argentina's journey from export-import development to import-substitution industrialization and back. Discover the pivotal periods, challenges, and economic shifts shaping the nation's trajectory.

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Argentina's Economic Evolution: From Export-Import Development to Import-Substitution Industrialization

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  1. FROM EXPORT-IMPORT DEVELOPMENT TO IMPORT-SUBSTITUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION (AND BACK AGAIN): THE CASE OF ARGENTINA

  2. CURRENT READINGS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Modern Latin America, chs. 9-10, 12

  3. BASIC STATS: ARGENTINA • Population (millions) 40.0 • GNP/capita 8,620 • Poverty rate 21%

  4. ARGENTINA: OVERVIEW • Natural Resource: Land • Pampas • “Conquest of the Desert” • European immigration • The Golden Age (1880s-1930) • Beef-and-wheat exports to Europe • Belle époque Buenos Aires • Political democracy (of sorts) • Depression and ISI (1930-1970s) • Military intervention (1930+) and ISI • Juan Perón , the working class, and polarization • Repression and Democracy (1976-present) • Military dictatorship (1976-1983) • Democracy (1983-present) • The Kirchner era (2003-present) • Economic uncertainty + reliance on exports (again) + default on debt

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