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Alice Amsden’s impact on Latin America

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  • Helen Shapiro
  • Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid

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On March 15 2012, we lost Professor Alice Amsden, a great intellectual power in development economics. Her work was systematically marked by creativity, originality, relevance and her fearless commitment to always speak truth to power both in academic as well as in policy-making arenas. This In Memoriam concentrates on just one part of her great intellectual legacy: her impact to better understanding Latin America´s development challenges, obstacles and policy options. Our paper focuses on three broad areas of her main influence in the region: the role of transnational corporations, the importance of manufactured exports for development, and industrial policy. As we here argue, in all of them, her work is and continues to be a substantial contribution to knowledge that policy makers will be well advised to take into account if the region is to finally enter a path of structural transformation and sustained economic and social development. JEL Classification: O1; O12.

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  • Helen Shapiro & Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, 2014. "Alice Amsden’s impact on Latin America," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 34(2), pages 187-197.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:34:y:2014:i:2:p:187-197:id:267
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    1. Peter Evans, 2021. "Alice Amsden: A Reasoning Revolutionary in Development Economics," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 52(4), pages 988-1008, July.

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    Keywords

    industrial policy; export of manufactured goods; Latin America;
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    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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