This is a personal account of the definition of 'new developmentalism'- a national development strategy alternative to the Washington consensus -, and of a 'structuralist development macroeconomics': the sum of models that ...

This paper aims at studying Malaysia's national development strategy in the last three decades. Firstly, we will give emphasis to the country's economic planning development, its medium-term and long-term plans, as well ...

Nos últimos anos, diante da alteração no cenário energético global, as principais potências mundiais perceberam a necessidade de se encontrarem outras fontes de energia que possibilitem a redução da dependência em relação ...

The objective of this paper is to define social capital as social infrastructure and to try to include this variable in an economic growth model. Considering social capital in such a way could have an impact on the ...

Consolidated democracy and size of the State. Common sense suggests that the more consolidated democracies and advanced economies tend to be more efficient and produce smaller States. What is observed in practice, however, ...

Given the importance of the agriculture sector to the Brazilian economy, it is essential to understand the determinants of agricultural development in its municipalities. Based on the theoretical framework that addresses ...