Abstract
It is extremely difficult to disentangle for analytical purposes the origins and deepening of import substitution in Brazil from the consolidation and continuous growth of the coffee export economy. In an almost trivial sense, this is because the demand generated by the rapidly growing coffee economy served as an engine of growth. First coffee stimulated products whose domestic production was protected by relatively high transportation costs; then its influence spread more generally, as animal spirits, manpower availability, credit facilities, tariff protection and foreign supply disturbances made possible the substitution of more sophisticated imports.
The authors thank the participants in the Oxford and Paipa project workshops for their comments as well as Regis Bonelli for help with references and the competent research assistance of Fernando H. Alvares, Luiz Gustavo Cherman and Alvaro B. A. Motta. The authors are also grateful for the financial support of FINEP and CNPq.
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de Abreu, M.P., Bevilaqua, A.S., Pinho, D.M. (2000). Import Substitution and Growth in Brazil, 1890s–1970s. In: Cárdenas, E., Ocampo, J.A., Thorp, R. (eds) An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595682_6
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