Exports and industrialization in an orthodox model: Chile, 1973-1978

Many developing countries have been applying export promotion policies during, the last fifteen years. Among them, mention may be made of Brazil, Colombia, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Yugoslavia. The conditions, timing, mechanisms and effects differ from one case to another and cover a broad range of political and economic models. The variety displayed by the various kinds of past experience show above all that export promotion is not exclusively linked to a given model.