Meanings
- uncountableA form of developmentalism that is more supportive of importing and exporting goods.
According to its advocates, neo-developmentalism entails a new form of state activism.
2012 April 24, Cornel Ban, “What is neo-developmentalism?”, in Development Studies at Brown University1 more example
It is possible to affirm that in the theoretical field, “neo-developmentalism” presents itself as a tangle of several currents of historical-structuralism; a heterogeneous set of economic projects that have in common the understanding of the need to break with the orthodox project and the resumption of the State as a creator of socioeconomic opportunities.
2023 April 24, Vinicius R. C. Vaz, Isaías A. de Moraes, “Reflections on neo-developmentalism in the light of the Lula’s governments”, in Problemas del desarrollo, volume 53, number 211, →DOI
Origin
From neo- + developmentalism, first used in 2003 by Brazilian economist Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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