Venezuela: The Industrial Challenge (INTER-AMERICAN POLITICS SERIES) - Hardcover

Bitar, Sergio; Troncoso, Eduardo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0897270703 ISBN 13: 9780897270700

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 1990

Synopsis

The central argument of this book is that Venezuela should undertake a vigorous new phase of industrialization. This is an unavoidable necessity if the country wishes to maintain economic development, reduce external vulnerability and reinforce its democratic system. This goal pertains even in light of optimistic hypotheses about future oil prices. If conditions are less favorable, as is now most likely, industrialization will be still more imperative. The endeavor requires definitions and significant changes. To attempt this task one needs a vision of the future, a vision of Venezuela in the year 2000. Venezuelans cannot build a future without clear goals, without a national will, without social consensus and without a strategy that transcends the period of one administration. Co-published with the Institute for the Study of Human Issues.

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About the Author

Sergio Bitar, a Civil Engineer and Economist, was Minister of Mining in the Cabinet of Chilean President Salvador Allende. He serves as a consultant on international economics to ECLA and SELA, among others. Eduardo Troncoso, also a civil engineer, is on the faculty of the University of Chile. He has worked for the United Nations and is a consultant on industrial development and Latin American political affairs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0897270703
• ISBN 13: 9780897270700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164