8th Workshop on New Developmentalism

Fiscal Deficits, Current account deficits, and Investments in developing countries   

Hosted by the Center for Studies on New Developmentalism of the São Paulo School of Business Administration – Getulio Vargas Foundation – São Paulo, Brazil 

A partnership between CND-FGV and YSI-INET  

Sponsored by FAPESP

Itapeva St., 432, 4th floor. December 12-13 2025

The Center for Studies on New Developmentalism of the Sao Paulo School of Business Administration at Getulio Vargas Foundation is pleased to invite interested candidates to participate in the 8th Workshop on New Developmentalism: Fiscal Deficit, Current account deficit, and Investments in developing countries, which will be held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 12 and 13, 2025.

The program will include, on the first day: a) a mini-course on new developmentalism in which the latest developments of the ND theory will be presented; b) a keynote speech and a masterclass by Jayati Ghosh, a renowned international specialist in economic development and; c) two discussion panels with specialists from Brazil and Latin America.

​This call for papers applies to the second day of the Workshop. Submissions of papers are welcome in the following subjects:  

• Political economy of new developmentalism (developmental capitalism x liberal capitalism, the developmental state)-
• How to expand New Developmentalism reach to overcome current development challenges?
• 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?  
• 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.

 Aplications: 

Researchers and students are invited to attend the workshop and submit a paper for a panel, or only attend the workshop (lectures and panel discussions). 

FOR SUBMISSIONS TO PANELS: Candidates should submit an abstract, maximum 500 words (excluding references). It should be sent in PDF format and include identification of the author, affiliation, and title of the article. The due date is October 5, 2025. Results will be released on October 10.  Email addres for submissions: cnd@fgv.br. Each candidate can submit no more than one abstract as the main author and another abstract as a secondary author. 

Travel and accommodation costs: Select participants (young scholars) may be eligible for partial funding stipends from YSI-INET. Participants that will request YSI funding must indicate the request in the e-mail.

Final versions of papers for accepted submissions should be sent by November 30.  

Best-written articles may be published in the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy.  

December, 13

9:00 – 10:00 at the Noble Hall (4th floor) - YSI Especial Session 
Masterclass: Inequality in the New Capitalism
 Jayati Ghosh - University of Massachusetts at Amherst

10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 

Sessions 1 – INET Session - 12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00
Sessions 2 
18:00 –
YSI Social Gathering (place to be confirmed)

The seminar is sponsored by a partnership between CND-FGV and YSI-INET

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