Economic policymaking in a conflict society : the Argentine case / Richard D. Mallon, in collaboration with Juan V. Sourrouille

Argentina is a fascinating and baffling case to scholars to economic development. It has rich agricultural resources, a fully monetized economy, a domestic manufacturing sector that occupies a large share of the active labor force, a relatively high level of literacy, and other attributes that resemble a European nation more than a developing country. This book is a new and vigorous attempt to explain the Argentinian paradoxes. Preface Contents Figures Tables Introduction 1. Argentine Policymaking: Background and Experience, 1948-1970 2. Agriculture and Export Expansion 3. Industrialization and Foreign Trade 4. Toward Sustained Growth With External Equilibrium 5. Secular Inflation and Stabilization Policy 6. Inflation, the Distribution of Income, and the Financing of Growth 7. A Mediative Approach to Macroeconomic Policymaking Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index Appendix A. The Demand for Money Appendix В. Price Determination Functions Appendix С. Argentine National Accounts Appendix D. Estimates of Consumption and Investment Appendix E. Balance of Payments Estimates Appendix F. Monetary and Fiscal Statistics Notes Bibliography Index Monographic study of the problems in economic policy formulation in pluralistic semi-industrialized countries lacking a modern institutional framework, illustrated by a case study of Argentina - focuses on balance of payments and anti-inflationary stabilization policies, and covers agricultural policy and export promotion, industrialization and trade, income distribution and financing of economic growth, etc. Bibliography pp. 237 to 256, graphs and statistical tables Mallon Richard D. : Richard D. Mallon is a Fellow Emeritus of the Harvard Institute for International Development. He has provided macroeconomic policy and planning advice in fifteen countries.