Resources, employment and development financing: to produce without destroying

Vol. 10 No. 1 (1990)

Jan-Mar / 1990
Published January 1, 1990
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How to Cite

Sachs, Ignacy. 1990. “Resources, Employment and Development Financing: To Produce Without Destroying”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 10 (1):104-25. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572023-0520.

Resources, employment and development financing: to produce without destroying

Ignacy Sachs
Escola de Altos Estudos de Ciências Sociais. Paris, e diretor de programa na Universidade das Nações Unidas, Paris, França.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 10 No. 1 (1990), Jan-Mar / 1990, Pages 104-125

Abstract

This paper starts denying the optimist belief that growth alone will be able
to solve the employment problems of Brazil. Anyway, in the 80s growth was reduced in
Brazil due to the external pressure. But Brazil disposes of a huge internal market. In order
to resume growth what is necessary is a development strategy that preserves the natural resources
of the country. This strategy should avoid the opposite mistakes of “ecologism” and
“economism”.The essential task is to build a “development reserve” in order to avoid the loss
of resources, that may be originated from the sub or the super-utilization of resources. An
inventory of measures in this direction is presented in the final part of the paper.

JEL Classification: J22; J21; J64.


Keywords: Employment income distribution biomass industrial policy