Socialist economies: decolonization and state-led development

Different paths of economic reorganization after revolution or independence. Nationalization, land reform and oil finance are distinct institutions. Lines trace a country’s changes, not direct transmission between neighboring columns.

1960 1970 1980 1990 Cuba Angola/Mozambique Ethiopia/Somalia Benin/Congo Madagascar Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Economic reorganization Changing challenges CubanRevolutionandsocialistturn1959 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Cuban GreatDebate1963 Angolanindependenceandformationof MPLArule1975 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Angolanstatesector andoil economy1979 Mozambicanindependenceandsocialistorientation1975 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Mozambicanplanningandeconomicrehabilitation1987 Ethiopianrevolutionand theDerg powerstruggle1974 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Ethiopianlandnationalizationof 19751975 Somalimilitaryrule andthesocialistdeclaration1969 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Somaliscientific-socialisteconomicpolicy1970 People’sRepublic ofBenin andtheNationalConference1974 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Beninesenationalizationandeconomiccrisis1989 People’sRepublic ofthe Congoand theone-partytransition1969 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Oil andplanning inthePeople’sRepublic ofthe Congo1982 Madagascar’smilitarytransitionandsocialistSecondRepublic1972 The entry covers the institution’s full period.Malagasysocialistplanningandnationalization1975 SpecialPeriod1990
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