Rural Development policies in Uruguay Progressive: 2007-2011

Abstract

This article studies the rural development policies adopted by the Uruguayan government progressive in the period 2007-2011. The research investigated the new development model driven by progressive government. The central hypothesis is that progressive Uruguayan government implemented a new model of rural development to benefit the agroexporters sector and international capital. The analysis was conducted from documents prepared by the Uruguayan government in the period 2007-2011. The results indicate four basic themes: the first relates to a new configuration of rural development policies in the country based on a "new" institutionality created by the government for rural development, the second focuses on the logic of spatial planning as legitimizing element of the new development model, and the third shows how the leftist government focuses its development policy on the logic of economic development and territorial; fourth theme as historical issues regarding the use of property and land ownership not only remain unsolved, but also gain a new dimension.