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The Economic Development of Latin America and Its Principal Problems

Founding Latin American Structuralist Text, 1950

Raul Prebisch's 1950 report for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), which argued that the terms of trade between primary-commodity-exporting peripheral economies and industrial core economies decline over time, so peripheral countries cannot develop on free-trade terms alone and need deliberate industrialization policy.

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The Economic Development of Latin America and Its Principal Problems
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)

This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 connected, 1 rejected Here. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Articles, 14 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 4 general references.
  • Schools of Thought, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 rejected Here, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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