A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (Cepal) e o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) mantêm atividades conjuntas desde 1971, abrangendo vários aspectos do estudo do desenvolvimento econômico e social do Brasil, da América Latina e do Caribe. A partir de 2010,...

Academic interest in Local Productive Systems (LPS) is on the rise. So are public policies specifically directed to such systems, which may be defined as a territorial agglomeration of interacting economic, social and political actors focused on a specific set of economic activities. Part of...

The article argues that theories of economic development are metaphors which have a strong mythical content, albeit unacknowledged by social scientists. The policies derived from such theories have two agendas: a 'positive' agenda that states which problems should be tackled and how; and a...

The paper analyses the attempts of the LULA administration to establish a new development convention in Brazil and argues that the limited and uneven growth achieved during this period can be ascribed to the strength of a coalition of interests structured around very high interest rates paid on...