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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965936103321

Autore

Salazar-Carrillo Jorge

Titolo

Oil and development in Venezuela during the 20th century / / Jorge Salazar-Carrillo and Bernadette West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2004

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798400692796

9786612417801

9781282417809

1282417800

9780313059513

0313059519

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WestBernadette <1954->

Disciplina

330.987/063

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Venezuela - History - 20th century

Venezuela Economic conditions 20th century

Venezuela Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 A Theoretical Framework; 3 A Short Review of Methodological Problems and Data Sources; 4 1910-1922; 5 1923-1929; 6 1930-1936; 7 1937-1942; 8 1943-1957; 9 1958-1973; 10 1974-1985; 11 1986-1990; 12 1991-2000; 13 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book advances the theory that a potential leading export sector-in this case, the oil sector-is capable of inducing economic growth even in peripheral countries where the product line is primary in nature. In Venezuela the oil sector has contributed directly and indirectly to the development of the country's overall economy, particularly from 1936 to 1973, when that sector met the criteria of a leading sector, i.e., one that expands rapidly and obtains a large specific size relative to the economy as a whole. Oil investment in Venezuela contributed to the fiscal sector, the foreign sector