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Riqueza Mineral Y Pobreza En Los Andes

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  • Leonith Hinojosa

    (The Open University, Milton Keynes.)

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This article examines the paradox found in mineral-rich Andean countries where the sustained economic growth observed over the last decade has not provoked a corresponding decrease in poverty. The impact of the expansion of the extractive industries (mining and hydrocarbons) on these countries is addressed from the perspective of political economy, indicating that the permanence of poverty, in particular rural poverty in areas where mineral wealth is concentrated, can be explained by inconsistencies between the significant amount of tax revenue that national and regional governments receive from these industries and the ways in which said revenue is used in public policy. Among the factors which explain these inconsistencies are the failure of the State to design and implement social policies and the limitations of a development strategy based on the exploitation of non renewable resources. The argument is illustrated by the cases of Bolivia and Peru.Este artículo analiza la paradójica situación de países Andinos ricos en recursos minerales que muestran una tendencia sostenida de crecimiento económico y, al mismo tiempo, elevadas tasas de pobreza. Bajo una perspectiva de economía política se discute cómo la expansión de las industrias extractivas (minería e hidrocarburos) si bien ha generado un importante flujo de ingreso fiscal, no muestra impacto significativo en la reducción de pobreza, principalmente de las zonas rurales donde se localiza la extracción de recursos. Entre los principales factores que explicarían este hecho están la debilidad del aparato estatal para diseñar e implementar políticas sociales y las limitaciones propias de una estrategia de desarrollo basada en la explotación primaria de recursos no renovables. El argumento se ilustra con casos de Bolivia y Perú.

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  • Leonith Hinojosa, 2011. "Riqueza Mineral Y Pobreza En Los Andes," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 23(3), pages 488-504, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:23:y:2011:i:3:p:488-504
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    1. Loayza, Norman & Rigolini, Jamele, 2016. "The Local Impact of Mining on Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from the Commodity Boom in Peru," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 219-234.
    2. Fridtjof Bahlburg, 2023. "The Local Impact of Mining in Peruvian Districts: Evidence of a Subnational Resource Curse?," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 13(4), pages 264-286, July.
    3. Loayza, Norman & Mier y Teran, Alfredo & Rigolini, Jamele, 2013. "Poverty, Inequality, and the Local Natural Resource Curse," IZA Discussion Papers 7226, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Martín Arboleda, 2016. "Spaces of Extraction, Metropolitan Explosions: Planetary Urbanization and the Commodity Boom in Latin America," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(1), pages 96-112, January.

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