The New Developmentalism and the challenge for 2019: to overcome the structural stagnation of the Brazilian economy

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2019)

Jan-Mar / 2019
Published January 1, 2019
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How to Cite

Villaverde, João, and José Marcio Rego. 2019. “The New Developmentalism and the Challenge for 2019: To Overcome the Structural Stagnation of the Brazilian Economy”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 39 (1):108-27. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-35172019-2851.

The New Developmentalism and the challenge for 2019: to overcome the structural stagnation of the Brazilian economy

João Villaverde
Visiting scholar na School of International and Public Affairs (Sipa) da Universidade de Columbia, New York – Ny, EUA.
José Marcio Rego
Professor de Economia na FGV-SP, São Paulo – SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 39 No. 1 (2019), Jan-Mar / 2019, Pages 108-127

Abstract

This paper relates the differences and the similarities between the classic developmentalism and the New Developmentalism. It discusses the next steps for the new theory to persevere in the current Brazilian context. To this end, a diagnosis of what we call "Accidental Developmentalism", initiated at the end of the 19th century in Brazil, was also made in the first part of the paper, which was sown as a basis for the classic developmentalism. Effectively put in place between 1930 and 1980, Developmentalism was later adopted again during the failed economic policy of Dilma Rousseff administration. Finally, we discuss the challenges for the New Developmentalism having the critical 2018 elections as background.

JEL Classification: A10; B1; B2; B5; B52; E60.


Keywords: Brazilian economy economic development New Developmentalism democracy developing countries State