title: [Development, science, and politics: the debate surrounding creation of the Instituto Internacional da Hiléia Amazônica].
abstract: The article uses the debate surrounding creation of the Instituto Internacional da Hiléia Amazônica (International Institute of the Hylean Amazon--IIHA) as a point of departure for analyzing the topic of development. We first address post-World War II relations between science and development. Next, we examine the Brazilian government's initiatives in the Amazon during the 1940s and how the IIHA project was received. Lastly, we analyze the controversies ignited in Brazil by Unesco's plan. The IIHA project was a catalyst of the development debate in post-World War II Brazil. The discussions then sparked in Brazil and the project's denouement solidified a development model for the Amazon that even today underpins initiatives taken in the region.
authors.affiliation: Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Rua Almirante Cochrane, 178, ap. 204, Tijuca, 20550-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. rodrigocesa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rodrigo Cesar da Silva
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Marcos Chor
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Maio
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D001938:Brazil; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000266:history; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000266:history; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D017753:Ecosystem; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007390:International Agencies / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D038622:Internationality / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*