Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (Sep 2013)

La estructura económica del (sub)desarrollo y el equilibrio general o ¿qué ocurrió con la teoría del desarrollo y con las estructuras económicas?

  • Fidel Aroche Reyes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-31572013000300010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 3
pp. 538 – 550

Abstract

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Formerly the concept of economic development involved transforming the productive structures in order to employ the population in higher productivity activities, so that welfare improved. Development implied that economic systems followed development paths (not always in equilibrium) in order to reach more desirable welfare results: Equilibrium was not the main target. More recently, economic strategies emphasize reaching growth within equilibrium paths, thus, preserving economic structures. The latter vision yields incompatible results with the former. This paper revises some issues concerning structural change versus equilibrium targets as a means to reach development.

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