Lauchlin Currie: Luces y sombras en la economía colombiana 1950-2000

Alcides Gómez Jiménez

Econógrafos, Escuela de Economía from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID

Abstract: This paper explains superficially the intellectual journey of Lauchlin Currie, Canadian by origin and Colombian by destination. His contributions were notable in the US at the time of the great world crisis of 1929-1932 in the field of monetary theory and policy. He directed the first World Bank mission to an underdeveloped country, Colombia, in 1949-1950. He proposed an original development theory applicable to the country and called it Operation Colombia (1961) supported by a book called “Accelerating Development: the necessity and the means”. He was the inspirer and architect of the Development Plan of the Four Strategies in the early 1970s. He made recommendations to the 1991 constituent on free central banking and stability.

Keywords: Currie; Money; Productivity; Mobility; Violence; Development; Standard of Living (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B31 E02 E52 E58 O13 O14 O15 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2022-10
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