This paper studies the spatial and productive adjustments of the Colombian industry during the years 1985-1998. this was a period of commercial reforms and reconversion process preceding the crisis of the end of the last century. From the point of view of the spatial economy and mainly of the...

It was thought that with the reforms of nineties the process of restructuring and reconverting will led the industry of Antioquia to raise its capacity to compete in the internal and external markets. Thepresent article intents to evaluate the effect of the reforms of the nineties over growth,...

This article tries to present the classical CEPAL economic thought, concerning development, in the light of the theoretical ideas of the French Regulation School. It attempts to show how the original CEPAL thesis about Latin American under development implicitly (and partially) takes us back to...

This article examines regional competitiveness from a geographical perspective, and constructs a competitiveness ranking for Colombian departments using principal components and hierarchical cluster techniques. The analysis shows that competitiveness becomes meaningless when it is applied to the...

This paper describes the evolution of industry in the "departamentos" of Antioquia and Valle (in Colombia) during the 1975-1989 period. We emphasize the adjustments of the structure of production, the flexibility of employment and the regional differences in terms of factor specialization and...

This article deals with the methodology to devise economic policies for the peasant economy of a certain region. After some considerations about the Progarma de Desarrollo Rural Integrado -DRL- deals with special programs, the author examines the westerm region of Antioquia most of those are...