YSI Special Session at the 8th Workshop on New Developmentalism

The New Developmentalism (ND) is a theoretical framework that has been developed by prominent economists in Brazil since the early 2000s. It has been developed to comprehend the growth and development dynamics of middle-income countries, in particular, Latin America. The theory, based largely on classical development economics and post-Keynesian economics, has brought important contributions to the field of political economy and development macroeconomics. It focuses on the fiscal and current accounts and on five macroeconomic prices which the market is unable to keep ‘right’.

The 8th Workshop on New Developmentalism will be an event composed of lectures, conferences by a keynote speaker (such as two Lectures by Professor Jayati Ghosh), and panels of paper presentations on themes related to economic development in emerging countries. In this way, it seeks to stimulate debate and understanding of possible unconventional strategies for catching up in developing countries. More specifically, it seeks to stimulate debate, production, and the strengthening of a network of researchers on macroeconomic and development theory from an unconventional approach.

This year, the Complexity Economic WG and the Latin American Working Group of YSI-INET, jointly with CND-FGV, are pleased to invite you to participate in our YSI Sessions and to submit your manuscript for the YSI sessions for article (work-in progress) presentation. We encourage submission that broadly falls within the topics of the conference (see below), such as:

• Political economy of new developmentalism (developmental capitalism x liberal capitalism, the developmental state)
• How to expand New Developmentalism reach to overcome current development challenges?
• Extensions of new developmentalism (green growth strategies, economic policies to reduce inequalities).
• Analysis of the development strategies of countries of the global south.
• Labor market dynamics and its relationship with structural change
• Models and empirical research focused on the relation between macroeconomic development, climate change and structural change.
• Why and how to manage the five macroeconomic prices (exchange rate, wage rate, profit rate, interest rate, and inflation) to promote economic development?
• Why are the exchange rate and the current account so important in the investment function?

The YSI sessions will be composed of one masterclass by Professor Jayati Ghosh and multiple sessions for young scholars to present their work and receive comments and feedback from senior scholars.

Application: Please make your application by following the form button.

Deadline: Deadline for submitting papers (or work-in progress) is October 05, 23:59pm. Please see the schedule below:

The preliminary program of the workshop can be seen here: https://eaesp.fgv.br/centros/centro-estudos-novo-desenvolvimentismo/eventos/8th-workshop-new-developmentalism

YSI Program:

Day one of the workshop (12-12-2025):

14:30 – 16:30

YSI-INET Session: Macroeconomic development, structural change, and green growth in developing countries

Andre Nassif (UFF), Carmem Feijo (UFF), Danilo Spinola (Birmingham City University) Julia Torracca – (UFRJ), Luiz Fernando de Paula (UFRJ)

Day two of the workshop (13-12-2025):

9:00 – 10:00 at the Noble Hall (4th floor)

YSI Especial Session

Masterclass: Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee

10:30 – 12:30 YSI Parallel sessions A

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 YSI Parallel sessions B

18:00 – YSI Social Gathering (place to be confirmed)

Travel and accommodation costs: Select participants (young scholars) may be eligible for partial funding stipends from YSI-INET. In the application form, please indicate you are applying for the funds.

Further information can be requested by contacting tiago.porto@fgv.br or cnd@fgv.br