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VALDIVIESO CANAL, Susana. ¿Nuevos aires en la teoría del desarrollo?. Prob. Des [online]. 2006, vol.37, n.144, pp.11-31. ISSN 0301-7036.

In recent decades, the so-called new institutional economy (NIE) research program has led to an interesting debate in the social sciences, with a focus on the determinants of the economic and political performance of societies. One of the merits of this debate is to have gone beyond the view centered uniquely on economic aspects, by proposing an integrated vision of social processes. The aim of this paper is to review the theoretical references and the interpretation of the backwardness of NIE in Latin America, with the proposal of emphasizing its achievements and also some of its shortcomings.

Palabras llave : institutional framework; trade cost; property rights; development; social capital; public policies.

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