Industrial policies in Latin America

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This chapter analyses the main features of industrial policies carried out in Latin America since 1990. It studies these policies during import substitution industrialization and how they changed after the market-oriented economic reforms. It presents the main national strategies, policy lines and instruments designed in the region, as well as the return of sectoral policies to the public agenda. Special attention is paid to Brazilian industrial policies because they represent the most advanced experience in the region. The paper underscores that progress in policy design has out paced improvements in policy implementation and evaluation, and discusses the importance of sector targeting, endogenous capabilities, institutions, and political will for industrial policy.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-415-7
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2011/48

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods ; Economic History: Manufacturing and Construction: Latin America; Caribbean ; Industrial Policy
• Subject: industrial policy ; clusters ; policy implementation ; Latin America ; Brazil ; implementation failures

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Peres, Wilson
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/54125
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET