What motivates kidnapping decisions by rebel groups? This paper studies news coverage of a proposed prisoner exchange program (the Acuerdo Humanitario; AH) in connection with FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) kidnappings in the early 2000s. We propose that AH News nourished the...

Get all three comprehensive reports bundled into one for a complete media and communications profile of Colombia. An excellent source of practical information, this profile offers an extensive dialing guide with city codes, a listing of ISPs and Internet cafes, profiles of the major media...

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that there is a positive correlation between Internet usage and labor income in the richest countries, this link has not been proven in the developing world. This paper uses propensity score matching techniques and household survey data to...

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that there is a positive correlation between Internet usage and labor income in the richest countries, this link has not been proven in the developing world. This paper uses propensity score matching techniques and household survey data to...

This article is the winner of the national contest for Colombian Law students organized by the Commercial Chamber of Medellín in September 2001 among 40 essays on e-commerce. It is a rigorous study of Colombian regulation regarding the guidelines stated by the Organization for Economic...