External debt and development alternatives in Latin America

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1985, vol. 5, issue 3, 436-454

Abstract: The document proposes that the origin of the foreign debt problem faced by developingcountries is found in the way international capital markets work. A mistaken optimisticview concerning financial market’s behaviour in the 70’s might extend for many yearssince debtor nations have adapted their economic structures to a great amount of externalfunds; on the contrary, a shortage of funds is expected in this decade’s last years. These tendencieswill deeply mark the social and economic performances of most countries in this region.Some of the main options that these nations will be forced to face are analysed in thistext. Apart from the imperative need to fight for a change in the way foreign debt has beenrenegotiated, it is also necessary to reorganize their external economic policies. This occurs through the intensification of economic cooperation among debtor nations and through initiatinga new phase of import’s substitution now being coordinated by means of import’sexpansion. Some facts responsible for a better capacity of handling and adjusting differentcountries according to the economic strategies they have adopted in the past and to the politicalsituation each country has to face are also demonstrated here. JEL Classification: F32; F34; H63.

Keywords: Dívida externa; crise da dívida; fluxos internacionais de capitais (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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