INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN POST-'WASHINGTON CONSENSUS' ARGENTINA: A CRITICAL APPROACH FROM SECTORIAL, SPATIAL, AND AGENT’S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Argentina, in 2001, after going through one of the deepest crisis of its history, a consequence of neolib­eral policies during the 90s and negative results in terms of growth and social spatial inequality- started reconsidering the role of the State, in economy. In such a context, the role of the State was considered as a strategic actor for energizing an inclusive growth, which makes development viable. State promotion to industrial activity occupied a central place in such an objective. Now after more than a decade, this research shows, through statistical analysis of official statistics, how State’s re-invention has made little for advancing in the formation of a complex, industrial, dynamic, and decentralized tissue, –spatially and with agents–, which allows visualizing the development.