CEPAL and ISI: Reconsidering the Debates, Policies and Outcomes

• Autores: Colin M. Lewis
• Localización: Revista de estudios sociales, ISSN 0123-885X, ISSN-e 1900-5180, Nº. 68, 2019, págs. 8-26
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.7440/res68.2019.02
• Títulos paralelos:
  • CEPAL e ISI: reconsideração dos debates, políticas e resultados
  • CEPAL e ISI: reconsideración de los debates, las políticas y los resultados
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  • español

    RESUMEN: Revaluar la industrialización por sustitución de importaciones (ISI) cepalina implica explorar estrategias asociadas con diagnósticos y prescripción de políticas y, a la vez, reconocer que las ideas y los procesos cambiaron con el tiempo, que hubo divergencias entre los diagnósticos originales de los problemas de desarrollo y las intervenciones políticas diseñadas para resolverlos, y que algunas estrategias y resultados atribuidos a la CEPAL se alejaban de sus propuestas originales. La primera sección localiza el proyecto de la CEPAL dentro de una cronología estilizada. La segunda sección se centra en dos subperíodos: (i) el proto-cepalismo y (ii) la fase clásica del cepalismo. La tercera revalúa el proyecto y cuestiona algunas opiniones contemporáneas y actuales. Los hallazgos principales enfatizan las continuidades entre los dos subperíodos, argumentando que el vilipendio actual del proyecto por parte de la izquierda y la derecha ha sido y sigue siendo miope. El crecimiento industrial ya estaba en marcha en algunas economías desde antes del final del siglo XIX; la industrialización pudo haber ocurrido en algunos países antes de 1940; y lo que se alcanzópara la década de losnoventa en algunas partes del continente fue notable.

  • English

    ABSTRACT: Reappraising cepalina import-substituting industrialisation (ISI) means exploring strategies associated with diagnoses and policy prescriptions, recognising that ideas and processes changed over time, that there was divergence between original diagnoses of development problems and policy interventions designed to resolve them, and that some strategies and outcomes attributed to ECLA were distant from original propositions. Section one locates the ECLA project within a stylised chronology. The second focusses on two sub-periods: (i) proto-cepalismo; (ii) the classic phase of cepalismo. The third re-evaluates the project, challenging contemporary and current opinions. The main findings emphasise continuities between the two sub-periods, arguing that current vilification of the project by the left and the right is/was myopic. Industrial growth was underway in some economies by/before the end of the nineteenth century; industrialisation may have occurred in some countries before 1940; and what had been achieved by the 1990s in parts of the continent was considerable.

  • português

    RESUMO: Reavaliar a industrialização por substituição de importações (ISI) cepalina implica explorar estratégias associadas com diagnósticos e prescrição de políticas e, por sua vez, reconhecer que as ideias e os processos mudaram com o tempo, que houve divergências entre os diagnósticos originais dos problemas de desenvolvimento e das intervenções políticas criadas para resolvê-los, e que algumas estratégias e resultados atribuídos à CEPAL se afastavam de suas propostas originais. A primeira seção localiza o projeto da CEPAL dentro de uma cronologia estilizada. A segunda seção se centra em dois subperíodos: (i) o proto-cepalismo e (ii) a fase clássica do cepalismo. A terceira reavalia o projeto e questiona algumas opiniões contemporâneas e atuais. As principais descobertas enfatizam as continuidades entre os dois subperíodos e argumentam que o vilipêndio atual do projeto por parte da esquerda e da direita foi e continua sendo míope. O crescimento industrial já estava em andamento em algumas economias desde antes do final do século XIX; a industrialização pôde ter ocorrido em alguns países antes de 1940, e o que se alcançou para a década de 1990 em algumas partes do continente foi notável.

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