Publication: Technology and Growth Series : Chilean Salmon Exports
Date
2005-10
ISSN
Published
2005-10
Author(s)
Chandra, Vandana
Kolavalli, Shashi
Abstract
This Note is a part of a larger study of
technological adaptation and catch-up in high-growth,
nontraditional export sectors. Such study examined ten
sectors in economies with a reasonably stable macro
environment, its objective being to understand whether, and
how government policies focused on the adaptation of
superior technologies of production in nascent sectors
spurred scaling-up, and led to rapid and sustainable growth
in a relatively short period of time. The note focuses on
the Chilean salmon sector, which evolved from a
quasi-artisan, family based industry, whose foundation for
this nascent sector was laid with the successful inception
of salmon into the Chilean environment, using imported
genetic material and intermediate inputs. The government
acted as a catalyst during this stage, starting the first
commercial salmon farming operation in the country with the
help of CORFO (Corporacion de Fomento), a public development
agency of the Chilean Government, and Fundacion Chile, a
private non governmetal organization (NGO). The latter
resulted from a cooperative agreement between the Innovation
and Technology Transfer (ITT) Institute and the Chilean
Government created to facilitate innovation and technology transfer.
Citation
“Chandra, Vandana; Kolavalli, Shashi. 2005. Technology and Growth Series : Chilean Salmon Exports. PREM Notes; No.103. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/da1eca68-c7d8-542b-b813-46c651247f90 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”