Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra)

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Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra) was a mid-20th-century industrialization and economic development program in Puerto Rico that transformed the island from an agrarian to a manufacturing-based economy.

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instanceOf economic development program ⓘ
government program ⓘ
industrialization program ⓘ
abbreviation PRIDCO-related program ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
criticizedFor creating dependency on U.S. capital ⓘ
environmental impacts ⓘ
insufficient job creation relative to population growth ⓘ
promoting out-migration ⓘ
weakening local agriculture ⓘ
economicPolicyType export-oriented industrialization ⓘ
import-substitution industrialization ⓘ
endTime 1970s ⓘ
goal increase per capita income ⓘ
industrialize Puerto Rico ⓘ
promote economic development ⓘ
reduce unemployment ⓘ
transform agrarian economy into manufacturing economy ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish Operación Manos a la Obra ⓘ
historicalContext post-World War II era ⓘ
implementedUnder Popular Democratic Party governments of Puerto Rico ⓘ
influencedBy New Deal-style development policies ⓘ
initiatedBy Government of Puerto Rico ⓘ
keyArchitect Luis Muñoz Marín ⓘ
keyInstitution Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
location Puerto Rico ⓘ
mainPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
method creation of industrial parks ⓘ
federal tax exemptions ⓘ
industrial tax holidays ⓘ
promotion of foreign direct investment ⓘ
relocation of labor from agriculture to industry ⓘ
subsidized factory buildings ⓘ
tax incentives for U.S. corporations ⓘ
use of low-wage labor to attract manufacturers ⓘ
relatedTo Section 936 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code ⓘ
result decline of sugar-based agriculture ⓘ
expansion of wage labor ⓘ
increase in manufacturing employment ⓘ
large-scale migration to the United States ⓘ
rapid industrial growth in Puerto Rico ⓘ
rising living standards for many Puerto Ricans ⓘ
urbanization of Puerto Rico ⓘ
sectorFocus electronics ⓘ
light industry ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
petrochemicals ⓘ
pharmaceuticals ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
startTime 1947 ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
translationOfName Operation Get to Work ⓘ

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Luis Muñoz Marín → notableWork → Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra) ⓘ
Operation Bootstrap → hasNameInSpanish → Operación Manos a la Obra ⓘ
linked to: Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra)
Operation Get to Work → hasOriginalName → Operation Bootstrap ⓘ
linked to: Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra)
Operation Get to Work → alsoKnownAs → Operation Bootstrap ⓘ
linked to: Operation Bootstrap (Operación Manos a la Obra)