This paper presents a detailed explanation of the methodology to construct the Municipal Competitiveness Index 2013 for Mexico. The index is calculated using a methodology based on Factor Analysis and compares the performance of 96 municipalities belonging to 24 metropolitan areas in different...

This document makes a geographical and statistical analysis of homicide rates in Barranquilla. The research deals with the spatial diffusion patterns, as so as the correlation between the police forcepresence measured through CAI (Local Police Stations) by community and the homicide rate for the...

La hipótesis de la convergencia ha sido estudiada en Colombia empleando PIB per cápita, ingreso, depósitos bancarios per cápita, entre otros. En este trabajo se utilizan los salarios pues éstos son una mejor medida del el ingreso en las regiones del país y tiene una relación más directa...

This article discusses the belief that redistribution of land tenure is a fundamental condition for social and economic development. It reviews the effectiveness of prior public programs of land redistribution and reviews the following four assumptions: 1. The traditional factors of production...

El documento hace un análisis descriptivo de la situación económica y social de la Ciénaga Grande del Bajo Sinú, comprendida dentro del territorio de cinco municipios del Departamento de Córdoba: Chimá, Cotorra, Lorica, Momil y Purísima. El complejo cenagoso es un cuerpo de agua que se...

Many studies state that social economy enterprises are the formulas responsible for generating a business network in rural or depressed areas, bringing about a process of economic development in those areas. One of the possibilities that has often been considered for implementing economic...

This article explores the situation in the rural environment in terms of the phenomenon of globalisation, taking as a model an outlying area of the province of León. Although a priori it might not appear to be the case, globalisation is actually stimulating rural areas into seeking new means of...

The idea of rural development as "the process of balanced and self-sufficient revitalisation of the rural environment based on its economic, social and environmental potential through a regional policy and the integrated application of territorial measures by participating organisations"...

This paper analyses the dimensions of the adapted EFQM model applied to Agricultural Credit Banks in the Valencia Region in order to study their behaviour, the relationship between these dimensions, and the relationship with results such as progress in trade and business results. It has been...

This study considers rural tourism an activity that is playing an important role in the local development of many inland shires, with notable future potential both as a means of complementing agricultural income and as a way to create employment in disadvantaged inland areas. The co-operative...