Import Substitution Industrialization in Latin America (1930s–1980s)

1. Great Depression pushes Latin America toward ISI

   Jan 1, 1930Labels: Great Depression, Import Substitution

   • Britannica

2. Chile creates CORFO to drive industrial development

   Apr 29, 1939Labels: CORFO, Chile

   • Chile Treasury
   • CORFO

3. Brazil establishes state steel company CSN

   Apr 9, 1941Labels: CSN, Brazil

   • CSN

4. CSN begins operations, expanding Brazil’s heavy industry

   Jan 1, 1946Labels: CSN, Brazil

   • CSN

5. Argentina launches Perón-era national development planning

   Jan 1, 1947Labels: Juan Per, Argentina

   • TIME
   • US Historian

6. Prebisch report formalizes the ECLAC ISI framework

   Apr 27, 1950Labels: Ra l, ECLAC

   • ECLAC

7. Brazil launches Kubitschek’s Plano de Metas industrial push

   Feb 1, 1956Labels: Plano de, Juscelino Kubitschek

   • Revista EE
   • Plano Metas

8. LAFTA forms to widen markets for regional industry

   Jan 2, 1962Labels: LAFTA, Montevideo Treaty

   • LAFTA
   • Cambridge

9. Andean Pact adopts coordinated industrial integration plans

   May 26, 1969Labels: Andean Pact, Andean Community

   • UNCTAD
   • OAS SICE

10. Brazil’s II PND deepens ISI into capital goods

    Dec 1, 1974Labels: II PND, Brazil

    • II PND

11. Mexico’s 1982 debt crisis signals ISI’s breaking point

    Aug 1, 1982Labels: Mexico, 1982 Debt

    • Open IPE

12. Debt-crisis era ends the ISI-dominant model across the region

    Jan 1, 1989Labels: Debt Crisis, Latin America

    • ISI overview