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

• Autore: Salazar-Carrillo Jorge
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.987/063
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum industry and trade - Venezuela - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Venezuela Economic conditions 20th century; Venezuela Politics and government 20th century
• Altri autori: WestBernadette <1954->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Oil and development in Venezuela during the 20th century
• ISBN: 1-282-41780-0; 9786612417801; 0-313-05951-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780922103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II