Financiamiento público de la ciencia y la tecnología: un estudio de la evolución del presupuesto público argentino de función ciencia y técnica (1983-2022)

Abstract

This article analyzes the evolution of the financing of the Argentine scientific-technological sector as programmed in the approved National Budgets in the period from 1983 to 2019. Throughout this period, important modifications occurred in the financing structure of the sector, In particular, new institutions were incorporated into the sector and International Organizations were added to its financing. The chapter provides a medium/long-term vision (almost four decades) of three dimensions of financing for the sector. In the first place, its absolute evolution is studied, adjusting its value in local currency according to different indices and transforming it also to current and constant dollars. Second, an analysis of the relative distribution of the resources among the main organizations in the sector is provided. In this way, we seek to provide a look at the order of relevance that the sector had in the different governments of the period and the institutions through which it was decided to allocate the resources. Finally, a study of the economic character of the expenses of each one of the main institutions of the sector is provided. As a consequence of the analysis, the development strategies adopted by different governments can be seen, as well as common patterns in the face of macroeconomic cycles.