International Development Economics Associates

📌 Event: IDEAs Political Economy Reading Circle
📚 Topic: "Raúl Prebisch: The genesis of underdevelopment theory"
🎓 Guided by: Esteban Pérez Caldentey
🗓 Schedule: 2, 9, and 16 September at 10:00-12:00 (UTC -3)
💻 Participation mode: Online via Zoom
🗣 Main language: Spanish, with AI-generated translated text for other languages

🔗 Scan the QR code or visit this link to register: https://forms.gle/7QvhGSLv16LSEDSq7

The IDEAs Political Economy Reading Circle (PERC) is a new online initiative that brings together Latin American and Caribbean students and researchers for collective reading, discussion, and critical exchange on key thinkers in political economy. In September, Esteban Perez Caldentey will guide a three-session workshop on the author Raúl Prebisch, with participants expected to read selected materials in advance and to engage in the discussions.

🇨🇱 Last week in Santiago, Chile, we, alongside Eclac, held a second seminar on natural resources and development in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of the School of Latin American Development Studies.

💬 Under the guiding question, “What do we talk about when we talk about ?”, researchers discussed a key challenge in contemporary development: how to advance sustainable transformations without creating new forms of dependency.

📌 𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝟏𝟎 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓

Join us for the inaugural lecture of the IDEAs Advanced Certificate Programme in Research in (2026-2027), marking the start of the fifth academic session.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 will deliver the lecture on 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: https://forms.gle/aCgiWTfWpuzLZhQn7

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: 12 August, starting 3pm, India time (9:30am UTC). Detailed information on the poster.

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Hybrid (on Zoom and in person at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), 18/2, Satsang Vihar Marg, Special, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi)

🎉 𝐖𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲.

Last week, we were in Santiago, Chile, where Nicolás Grau, former Minister of Economy of Chile, shared his experience of implementing industrial policies with students. A total of 52 students from Chile, Bolivia, and Peru took part in the event.

During the event, various aspects of Latin American economics were examined, including development theories, macroeconomics, ecological economics, feminist political economy, and other regional issues.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the event's success, and to our partner, IEI U. Chile at Universidad de Chile.

🇨🇺 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝” 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

The or the Donald J. Trump Corollary to the has placed Cuba in its sights, aiming to achieve regime change through a comprehensive siege of the island's economy. The result is a nation suffocating under the weight of a 60-year-old embargo that has been tightened into a lethal stranglehold.

Read full commentary by Jacqueline Laguardia of UWI St. Augustine on Cuba, a nation suffocating under economic warfare: https://go.networkideas.org/4yZLo8m

📺Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0xW7fIGNEY
📚Webinar: National planning: The Soviet Union model
👩🏻‍🏫Moderator: Farwa Sial
👨🏻‍🏫Discussants: Prabhat Patnaik and C.P. Chandrasekhar
📌The webinar is the second in the series "Reviving central planning: A Global South perspective", which aims to explore the basics of central planning as they existed around the world and understand the relevance of planned development today. The discussions will focus on the diverse cases of Russia, Eastern Europe, and East Asia to provide a historical analysis of their respective planning models, an assessment of the strengths and limitations of their implementation of these models, as well as an introduction to the rich analysis that emerged from the economic debates and ideas of economists on the idea of and the actual experience with planning.

IDEAs Webinar: Why Revisit National Planning ? Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

🗨️𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Over the first six months of 2026, while aggregate trade (exports from China to India plus imports from India by China) grew by 24% to $91.7 billion, India’s exports to China, despite a 37% rise, accounted for just $12.3 billion of the total. As a result, the deficit in India’s trade with China amounted to $67.1 billion.

Read C.P. Chandrasekhar’s full commentary: https://go.networkideas.org/4ySOknt

𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝟑 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓, 𝐀𝐓 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎 𝐔𝐓𝐂

💻Webinar: National planning: The Soviet Union model
👩🏻‍🏫Moderator: Farwa Sial
👨🏻‍🏫Discussants: Prabhat Patnaik and C.P. Chandrasekhar
👉Register: Scan QR or visit https://go.networkideas.org/zoomrcp

📌This webinar is the second in the series "Reviving central planning: A Global South perspective", which aims to explore the basics of central planning as they existed around the world and understand the relevance of planned development today. The discussions will focus on the diverse cases of Russia, Eastern Europe, and East Asia to provide a historical analysis of their respective planning models, an assessment of the strengths and limitations of their implementation of these models, as well as an introduction to the rich analysis that emerged from the economic debates and ideas of economists on the idea of and the actual experience with planning.

📌𝐎𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 “𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧” 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬.

These proposals were expressed through particularly aggressive rhetoric and marked hostility toward social rights, social justice, and the public provision of goods and services. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫?

Nicolás Dvoskin from CEIL-CONICET Dialoga answers this question in his commentary: https://go.networkideas.org/3RAOK0Z