The role of the government in portuguese economic growth 1851-1939

• Autor(a) principal: Valério, Nuno
• Data de Publicação: 1986
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/9660
• topic: Economic History; Portuguese Government; Economic Growth; Colonial Expansion; First World War (1914th-1918th); 'Republic' Policy Period; 'Estado Novo'; Second World War (1939th-1945th); História económica; Governo português; Crescimento económico; Expansão colonial; Política republicana; I Guerra Mundial (1914-18); II Guerra Mundial (1939-45)

The role of the government in Portuguese economic growth 1851·1939. Government action to faster economic growth in Portugal during the second half of the 19th century and the years of the 20th century before the Second World War may be divided into five periods: a 'regeneration' period during which its main concern was the abolition of traditional restrictions to production and trade and the improvement of transportation facilities; a 'transition' period to the implementation of a 'republican' policy devoted to public instruction and colonial expansion; a First World War break; a full 'republican' policy period; and a 'Estado Novo' period of revival of the 'regeneration' policy. The results of these policies were slow and not sufficient to push the country into modern economic growth.