Do consenso de Washington aos desafios da globalização econômica neoliberal: para uma análise histórica do reajustamento estrutural e do papel das instituições na política econômica Mocambicana, 1983 aos nossos dias

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the processes of neo-liberal economic globalisation today constitute the main, if not the only force guiding the economies of almost every nation on the globe in an anarchic, permanent and uneven interaction involving gains and losses between nations; between nations and transnational governance forces as well as between markets. However, if on the one hand the processes of neo-liberal economic globalisation represent a great added value to the global economy through the opportunities it offers, on the other hand they also present great challenges that, badly managed, overshadow the efforts of most of its actors, especially developing countries such as Mozambique. Thus, the governance of these processes is the great challenge that the states must overcome at a time when there is a rolling transformation of their roles, in the face of the growing prominence of transnational regulatory agents as well as the main international economic institutions. For the Mozambican case, this paper demonstrates that the efforts made by successive governments after the IV Congress of Frelimo in 1983 to mitigate the bad impacts of the economic crisis have not been compensated by the international system of economic regulation, personified by the IMF and the World Bank, in part because of their great interest in econometrics. Through a detailed investigation and discussion of the structures of the current World Order, on the one hand, and the historical analysis of the main economic and social transformations operated by the National State after the IV Congress of Frelimo in 1983, on the other hand, this dissertation launches clues for future research in economic history on alternative paths and policies tending to achieve sustainable human development, without however breaking with the current World Economic Order.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)