Oil and Development in Venezuela During the Twentieth Century

JORGE SALAZAR-CARRILLO is Director of the Center of Economic Reserach and Professor of Economics at Florida International University. He was formerly a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown University. Dr. Salazar-Carrillo has written more than 30 books. among them we can cite The Latin American Debt, Latin American Comparisons of Incomes, Prices and Products, Oil in the Economic Development of Venezuela (Praeger), and The Brazilian Economy in the Eighties.

• Introduction A Theoretical Framework A Short Review of Methodological Problems and Data Sources The Effects and Contribution of Oil to the Economics of Venezuela, 1910-22 The Effects and Contribution of Oil to the Economics of Venezuela, 1922-29 The Contribution of Oil and Its Effects on the Economy of Venezuela, 1930-36 The Contribution of Oil and Its Effects on the Economy of Venezuela, 1936-42 The Contribution of Petroleum and Its Effects on the Economic Development of Venezuela, 1943-57 The Contribution of Petroleum and Its Effects on the Economic Development of Venezuela, 1958-73 The Contribution of Petroleum and Its Effects on the Economic Development of Venezuela, 1974-85 The Contribution of Petroleum and Its Effects on the Economic Development of Venezuela, 1986-90 Bibliography Index