The document has two objectives: the first is conceptual-theoretical and the second is empiric. In relation to the first we do a summary of the principal theories that explain the territorial development and draw a distinction between the concepts of growth and development that are frequently...

This paper analyzes the economic growth of the departments of Colombiain the period 1975-2000 and in the subperiods 1975-1990 and 1990-2000,emphasizing the impact of the estructure of production on observedperformance. For this purpose, various specifications of the Shift-Sharemethodology are...