Abstract
Argentina’s historical pattern of economic development differs in more than one way from that experienced by comparable countries, and particularly so in her poor growth performance during the last 50 years. In this respect Argentina is an outstanding example of a country that is economically declining relative to both other countries and its own past record (Diaz-Alejandro, 1981). Yet Argentina’s slow growth can hardly be explained by low or inadequate resource availability, for she is relatively richly endowed with human and natural resources; in fact Argentina seems to match quite well the paradox of a resource-rich but poor country.
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Foders, F., Glismann, H.H. (1987). Long Waves in Argentine Economic Development. In: Vasko, T. (eds) The Long-Wave Debate. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10351-7_3
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