La influencia del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en la política de ciencia y tecnología de Argentina: una mirada de largo alcance (1979-1999)

Abstract

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is among the international credit organizations that most participated both in the institutional configuration and in the science and technology policy agenda (PCyT) of some Latin American countries. Argentina is the country that has received the most credits and funds from said agency in this matter since the 1960s. The general objective of this paper is to analyze the ways in which the IDB influenced PCyT in Argentina over two decades (1979 to 1999). To meet this objective, three loan operations between the IDB and Argentina in the period are analyzed:? IDB I - Global Science and Technology Program (1979) ?,? IDB II - Scientific and Technological Research? (1986) and? PMT I? Technological Modernization Program (1993) ?. The theoretical approach is nourished by concepts about the modes of influence of international organizations, studies on experts, and PCyT analysis. The methodology includes the analysis of primary and secondary sources. Documents were collected from official organizations of the country and the IDB, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with officials and experts from the IDB and Argentina.