No ‘return to the state’: dependency and developmentalism against neo-liberalism

Kelly, Robert E.

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“…In this view, the underdevelopment of Latin American economies is mainly due to its peripheral and dependent position in the global markets, which makes these economies focus on low productivity and low value‐added goods and transfers the economic gains to developed economies (Bresser‐Pereira, 2012; Kay, 2005). Moreover, dependency scholars have asserted that this underdevelopment of LATAM countries is of economic and political interest for the capitalist companies in developed economies, as they rely on the subordination of other countries (Kelly, 2008; Santos, 1970). By depending on foreign capital and technology, emerging economies are exposed to the influence and exploitation by what are considered to be imperialist countries (Gordon & Webber, 2008).…”

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Are foreign companies a blessing or a curse for local development in Brazil? It depends on the home country and host region's institutions

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Latin America is an important destination for foreign direct investment (FDI). The debate on whether FDI is beneficial or harmful to the region is ongoing. Our study investigates how institutions from the home country and the host region affect the FDI‐human development nexus in Brazil. Specifically, we employ a unique data set comprising 92 municipalities and companies from 52 countries. We use threshold regressions to scrutinize the heterogeneous effects of FDI on the municipalities' income, education, health, and productivity levels. Our results indicate that locations with a high concentration of companies from countries with well‐developed institutions tend to experience a more positive effect of FDI on local development than regions with a high concentration of companies from emerging economies with less developed institutions. This effect is nonlinear, though, and more significant in institutionally weak regions. Our findings suggest that the FDI‐human development nexus is neither always positive or negative. Instead, it varies depending on which human development aspect is being analyzed and on institutions. Finally, we discuss policy implications for Brazil and Latin America.

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Are foreign companies a blessing or a curse for local development in Brazil? It depends on the home country and host region's institutions

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“…From a global perspective, debt is what seems to be the catalyst for the theory to spread into practice globally. By this I mean the debt crisis of the 1980s in Latin America and other developing countries led to Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) to the later part of the decade (Pastor, 1989: Kelly 2008: Kay, 1993. Donors and international agencies, such as the IMF and World Bank, were able to exploit the desperate economic situation many indebted countries found themselves in by insisting on radical reform of the state (through SAPs) as a condition of debt relief.…”

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“…Neoliberalism as a theory provides development, and subsequently foreign aid, a lens where four main themes are the focus areas -structural reform, deregulation, liberalisation, and privatization (Nederveen Pieterse, 2002). These areas are brought to the forefront because of the reactions to the development environment -how poor policies for example are why development was held back (Dollar and Svensson, 1998); challenges to who the driver for development is, that is the state or the market; what model of development is a template; and the debt crisis in Latin America and other developing countries (Pastor, 1989: Kelly 2008: Kay, 1993.…”

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Siutakahe'ahoafā: Navigating the Kingdom of Tonga's national development priorities under international aid.

Taumoefolau¹

2021

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The title of this thesis - Siutaka he ‘aho afā – is interpreted as ‘Day storm voyager’. This title encapsulates the journeys undertaken by the Kingdom of Tonga as it navigates the ocean of international development and the frequent challenges or ‘storms’ it encounters. This research seeks to understand better how Tonga articulates and pursues its national development priorities in the context of international aid. It focuses in particular on Country Programmable Aid to Tonga from Australia and New Zealand in the years 2013-17 and how the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Principles are applied to Tonga. The main research question addressed is: ‘To what extent are the national development priorities of Tonga shaped or supported by international aid?’ The research is qualitative in approach and is composed of two sources of data: from in-depth interviews with a range of both Tongan and donor officials; and analysis of key aid and development documents. It examines the political and administrative context of Tonga, highlighting the political environment, changing leadership and the direction set by its strategic goals for development. It then looks in detail at the aid activities of, respectively, Australia and New Zealand, and analyses their various priorities and ways of operating. The research uses the five Paris Declaration principles for aid effectiveness as a framework to analyse the way aid relationships and interactions occurred in Tonga over the period. There was generally high-level support for the Paris principles and these supported the idea that the Government of Tonga should ‘own’ its development, by drafting and implementing its development priorities and strategies. This was supported by agreement to abide by the principles of alignment with Tongan systems and Harmonisation amongst donors as well as pursuing practices which enhanced results-based management and accountability. However, in the details of daily interactions and practices, we also saw how these high-level agreements were often diluted or confused. Although Tonga had its own set of priorities, donors continued to choose which of these they would fund, according to their own strategic goals and concerns. Furthermore, given significant issues of capacity to operate effectively in the aid environment, with much onus on Tongan officials and agencies to provide data, report on progress, consult with the public and engage closely with donors, we saw how Tonga often struggled to exert strong and consistent leadership and control of aid-supported development. In drawing broader conclusions, the Paris Declaration is found to be a step in the right direction for improving the effectiveness of foreign aid to Tonga. However, what determines the likelihood of effectiveness is multifaceted, and dependent on will, need, and, perhaps most importantly, on Tonga’s leadership. It is found that the most fundamental factor for Tonga – both a unique challenge and a strength - is the enduring resilience of our culture together with our leadership code.

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“…However, the move to a PWC does not represent a fundamental shift by international institutions away from core neo-liberal beliefs and as such, suggestions that there has been some kind of revolutionary change in regard to how international financial institutions work are somewhat overstated. Both approaches, for example, fail to deal with issues of equality including problems of land and income distribution (Öniş and Şenses, 2005;Ruckert, 2006;Sheppard and Leitner, 2010) and despite granting room for the state and institutions in the management of the economy, the PWC still lacks any meaningful understanding or integration of social and political dimensions (Kelly, 2008;Montiel, 2007). In this regard, the PWC can be characterised as 'a new Trojan horse for embedding market-centred norms and practices' (Carroll, 2009: 447).…”

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confidence: 99%

Building a peace economy?

Peterson¹

2018

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Until recently, the study of conflict and conflict resolution remained comparatively immune to broad developments in social and political theory. When the changing nature and locus of large-scale conflict in the post-Cold War era is also taken into account, the case for a reconsideration of the fundamentals of conflict analysis and conflict resolution becomes all the more stark. New Approaches to Conflict Analysis promotes the development of new theoretical insights and their application to concrete cases of large-scale conflict, broadly defined. The series intends not to ignore established approaches to conflict analysis and conflict resolution, but to contribute to the reconstruction of the field through a dialogue between orthodoxy and its contemporary critics. Equally, the series reflects the contemporary porosity of intellectual borderlines rather than simply perpetuating rigid boundaries around the study of conflict and peace. New Approaches to Conflict Analysis seeks to uphold the normative commitment of the field's founders yet also recognises that the moral impulse to research is properly part of its subject matter. To these ends, the series is comprised of the highest quality work of scholars drawn from throughout the international academic community, and from a wide range of disciplines within the social sciences.

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No ‘return to the state’: dependency and developmentalism against neo-liberalism

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Are foreign companies a blessing or a curse for local development in Brazil? It depends on the home country and host region's institutions

Are foreign companies a blessing or a curse for local development in Brazil? It depends on the home country and host region's institutions

Siutakahe'ahoafā: Navigating the Kingdom of Tonga's national development priorities under international aid.

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