This essay refers to the experience of analysing the economy and designing strategies of public investment in Colombia during the middle of the twentieth century. The story of the planning efforts undertaken in the country before the Report of the Planning National Council of 1952, in whose...

This document assesses the financial risks involved in funding public transportation through concessions in Colombia over the period 2002-2018. During this period, the Uribe and Santos Administrations launched and ambitious program of concessions, requiring investments amounting to US$20 billion...

This paper analyzes the impact of Mapa- Regalías on efficiency in the execution of public investment projects in Colombia. MapaRegalías is an online platform that displays geo-referenced information and data on royalties coming from the extractives sector. The purpose of the platform is to...

This paper studies the effect of two place-based policies implemented in Cali, Colombia on social capital and trust. We use the CaliBRANDO survey to account for institutional and interpersonal trust, matching neighborhood of residence and where policies are applied. We set up a...

This paper examines decentralisation in Bolivia and Colombia to explore its effects on the uses and spatial distribution of public investment, as well as government responsiveness to local needs. In both countries, investment shifted from infrastructure to social services and human capital...

The effects of decentralization on a number of important policy goals is much debated but little agreed upon. This paper examines the cases of Bolivia and Colombia to explore decentralization's effects on government responsiveness and poverty-orientation. In Bolivia, decentralization made...

Obgleich am Westbalkan in den letzten Jahren ein gewisser Aufholprozess bei der Errichtung von Verkehrsinfrastruktur zu verzeichnen war, bleibt die Eisenbahndichte gering und die Autobahndichte noch geringer. Auch der Nachholbedarf bei Energieinfrastruktur ist substantiell. Die aktuelle...