ABSTRACTThis is a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between violence and economic growth in Colombia: an interesting case study for social scientists studying violence, conflict, crime and development. We argue that, despite the rapid development of this literature...

Most models exploring the exploring the relationship between income inequality and economic growth postulate the existence of a ngative correlation between the two operating through diverse channels. Parallel to the theoretetical models a number of empirical studies have attempted to appraise...