Abstract

LATTUADA, Mario. Rural development policies in Argentina: Concepts, context and changes. Temas debates (En línea) [online]. 2014, n.27, pp.13-47. ISSN 1853-984X.

The subject of development has a long history in its constitution as a concept and as a strategy to intervene society. Contributions from Anglo-Saxon and Latin American universities have given place extensive academic discussion, but have also helped design strategies to intervene governments and international funding agencies. The purpose of this article is to outline the process through which development as a concept is assembled and its evolution in different historical contexts, taking into account its close connection to government policies focused on the transformation of rural communities, and the way those ideas have influenced  rural development programs conducted in Argentina from 1984 to 2013. This paper presents a diachronic and comparative analysis based on primary sources. The presence of the Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) and other international funding agencies of rural development programs, since their first experiences in the late 1980s to the present, has made it possible to examine the design and reorientation of the programs conceived in different historical contexts. Based on this material, the changes in the definition of the objects and subjects of rural development are analyzed in order to contribute to the definition and management of a rural development policy.

Keywords : Development; Rural development; Argentina.

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