Abstract

FAL, Juan  and  ALLAMI, Cecilia. Agroindústrias, biotecnología y desarrollo: reflexiones acerca del discurso y praxis del Banco Mundial en Argentina (1997-2010). Ens. Econ. [online]. 2017, vol.27, n.50, pp.127-149. ISSN 0121-117X.

This article has two objectives. The first is to critically review technical arguments and foundations used by the World Bank to promote agriculture and agro-industry in recent years. The second objective is to perform an exploratory analysis of the projects financed by the World Bank during 1997-2010. Our analysis leads to a reflection about the forms of territorial, social and biological control resulting from World Bank loans in Argentina. Our central hypothesis is that, based on the projects it finances, the World Bank promotes a process by which underdeveloped countries become low value-added product export platforms, based on Ricardian comparative advantage and neo-structuralist theories, thus reinforcing the new international division of labor.

JEL Classification: O13

Keywords : agriculture; World Bank; biodiversity; new international division of labor.

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