Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s
This article considers the historical process of admission of stabilization and structural adjustment programs in Colombia and Venezuela in the 80s and early 90s of the twentieth century. This event is considered as the result of a historical process, which acquires particular characteristics in the...
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| description | This article considers the historical process of admission of stabilization and structural adjustment programs in Colombia and Venezuela in the 80s and early 90s of the twentieth century. This event is considered as the result of a historical process, which acquires particular characteristics in the framework of processes of regulation and capitalist accumulation of these countries in the abovementioned period. It is a descriptive document, based partially on the Treasury Reports of some Colombian Finance ministers and on reports from the Central Bank of Venezuela. The aim is to demonstrate that in the face of the widespread idea of homogenizing the analysis of the application of adjustment programs in the different Latin American countries in this historical period, comparative examination allows highlighting the differences that these processes had in the countries studied. On the other hand, we try to overcome the widespread idea of self-referencing when this type of analysis is done. We conjecture that divergences that characterized these societies and their economies in much of the twentieth century, are deepened by the results of these programs and contribute to explain social, economic and political discrepancies that Colombia and Venezuela show today. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-104672022-06-17T21:35:36Z Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s Las políticas de ajuste estructural en Colombia y Venezuela durante los años ochenta y noventa Torres, Danilo structural adjustment, stabilization, historical process, regulation, accumulation, comparison ajuste estructural, estabilización, proceso histórico, regulación, acumulación, comparación This article considers the historical process of admission of stabilization and structural adjustment programs in Colombia and Venezuela in the 80s and early 90s of the twentieth century. This event is considered as the result of a historical process, which acquires particular characteristics in the framework of processes of regulation and capitalist accumulation of these countries in the abovementioned period. It is a descriptive document, based partially on the Treasury Reports of some Colombian Finance ministers and on reports from the Central Bank of Venezuela. The aim is to demonstrate that in the face of the widespread idea of homogenizing the analysis of the application of adjustment programs in the different Latin American countries in this historical period, comparative examination allows highlighting the differences that these processes had in the countries studied. On the other hand, we try to overcome the widespread idea of self-referencing when this type of analysis is done. We conjecture that divergences that characterized these societies and their economies in much of the twentieth century, are deepened by the results of these programs and contribute to explain social, economic and political discrepancies that Colombia and Venezuela show today. Este artículo considera el proceso histórico de adopción de los programas de estabilización y ajuste estructural en Colombia y Venezuela en la década de los ochenta y principios de los noventa del siglo XX. Este acontecimiento se considera como el resultado de un proceso histórico, que adquiere características particulares en el marco de los procesos de regulación y acumulación capitalista de estos países en el referido periodo. Es un documento de carácter descriptivo, basado parcialmente en las Memorias de Hacienda de algunos ministros de Hacienda colombianos y en informes del Banco Central de Venezuela. Se busca demostrar que, frente a la generalizada idea de homogenizar el análisis de la aplicación de los programas de ajuste en los diferentes países latinoamericanos en este periodo histórico, el examen comparativo permite destacar las diferencias que dichos procesos tuvieron en los países considerados. Por otra parte, se intenta superar la extendida idea de autorreferenciarnos cuando se hace este tipo de análisis. Se conjetura que las divergencias que caracterizaron estas sociedades y sus economías en buena parte del siglo XX, se profundizan por los resultados de estos programas y contribuyen a explicar las discrepancias sociales, económicas y políticas que hoy evidencian Colombia y Venezuela. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2020-02-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed Article application/pdf application/xml application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/10467 10.19053/01203053.v39.n69.2020.10467 Apuntes del Cenes; Vol. 39 No. 69 (2020); 71-101 Apuntes del Cenes; Vol. 39 Núm. 69 (2020); 71-101 2256-5779 0120-3053 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/10467/9348 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/10467/10461 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/10467/10474 Copyright (c) 2020 Danilo Torres http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | structural adjustment, stabilization, historical process, regulation, accumulation, comparison ajuste estructural, estabilización, proceso histórico, regulación, acumulación, comparación Torres, Danilo Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| title | Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| title_alt | Las políticas de ajuste estructural en Colombia y Venezuela durante los años ochenta y noventa |
| title_full | Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| title_fullStr | Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| title_short | Structural Adjustment Policies in Colombia and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| title_sort | structural adjustment policies in colombia and venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s |
| topic | structural adjustment, stabilization, historical process, regulation, accumulation, comparison ajuste estructural, estabilización, proceso histórico, regulación, acumulación, comparación |
| topic_facet | structural adjustment, stabilization, historical process, regulation, accumulation, comparison ajuste estructural, estabilización, proceso histórico, regulación, acumulación, comparación |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/10467 |
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