This study analyses the relations between the noteworthy performance of Chilean exports over the last two decades and the high economic growth rate of the country since the mid-1980s. It concludes that the Chilean experience may be described as a case of export-led growth rather than one of growth-led exports . What were the causes of Chile's export success? Trade liberalization acted as an important stimulus, but this success was also due to other policies, both horizontal and sectoral: the exchange-rate policy followed since 1982, the introduction of drawback arra…
Foreword In March 1990, the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) placed before the Governments of its member States a proposal for the development of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the 199Os and beyond (1). That proposal contains a set of guidelines which can be adapted to the particular situation of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It seeks to promote changes in the production patterns of the region within a context of growing social equity, and it also expressly incorporates the environmental and g…
Presentación En marzo de 1990, la Secretaría dc la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) elevó a la consideración de los gobiernos de sus Estados miembros una propuesta para el desarrollo de los países de América Latina y el Caribe en el decenio de los noventa y también en adelante (1). Esa propuesta contiene un conjunto de orientaciones adaptables a las situaciones particulares de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Procura impulsar la transformación de las estructuras productivas de la región en un marco de progresiva equidad social. También incorpora expresamente …