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Book Chapter - Link (English) - 2022

This chapter revisits ECLAC's structuralism thesis, which originated from key documents that highlighted Latin America's developmental challenges, emphasizing a global economic system that favored industrialized centers over peripheral regions like Latin America. Structuralism pointed out that industrialized countries enjoyed advanced technologies and high standards of living while Latin America faced economic and social weaknesses. ECLAC advocated for state intervention to promote industrialization and address these imbalances. The organization's efforts included promoting planning, economic statistics, and regional integration. In the 1970s, ECLAC emphasized export diversification and sustainable development. During the "lost decade" of the 1980s, it focused on short-term issues and debt renegotiation. In the 1990s, ECLAC championed "productive transformation with equity," advocating for gradual reforms. Recently, ECLAC has adopted a rights-based approach, considering multidimensional poverty and minorities and emphasizing sustainable human development.

Working Paper - Link (Spanish) - 2015

In the past decade, the production of gas and oil from shale formations has grown exponentially in the United States, a development that began in the 1970s due to energy bottlenecks. Although the price increases in the 2000s incentivized companies to invest in previously unprofitable resources, this explanation overlooks the crucial collaboration between the public sector, private sector, universities, and research centers. The public sector initiated the advances that enabled the development of extraction methods such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. This work explores the links between these actors, highlighting their role in the long-term success of the shale revolution.