La ola invernal asociada con el Fenómeno de La Niña 2010-2011 ha sido catalogada como uno de los peores desastres naturales en la historia de Colombia, provocando considerables pérdidas civiles y económicas. Con base en información recolectada entre 2011 y 2014, este documento estudia la...

En este documento se estudia el funcionamiento reciente del sistema de transferencias, en particular a partir de la creación del Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP). De igual forma se analiza el balance entre las competencias y los recursos de los gobiernos subnacionales y se ofrecen...

Cesar River runs 280 km from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and its river mouth in the Magdalena River. In the present investigation I made a description of the demographic and economic characteristics of the inhabitants of the towns through which this river. There are eleven municipalities...

This study aims to provide a socio-economic outlook of Bogota, focusing on the first decade of the 21st century. Bogota has become the Colombian most successful city. Socioeconomic indicators such as per capita income, low rates of informality, high coverage of public supplied services and high...

Yam (Dioscorea) is one of the six genera belonging to the family of Dioscoraceae and originated in Africa and Asia. In Colombia, yam production is specifically located in the Caribbean region and became a key product in the people´s diet. In 2010, Colombia was among the 12 countries with the...

Economic and demographic growth in Colombia has been dominated by the largest cities. This has resulted in the common believe that Colombia is mainly an urban country. The aim of this paper is to show how economic and demographic growth has evolved, especially, the population density, since the...

During the nineties, Cali went through a series of events that resulted into a crisis. In the same decade happened: the economic liberalization, the largest mortgage crisis over the past 30 years of the country, the crisis in public finances of the city and the upsurge of drug trafficking. These...

In an insular region, such as the Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, environmental issues tend to sharpen. As result, its environmental management is different compared to other areas of Colombia, since the vast majority of its territory corresponds to marine surface....

In this paper we analyze the colonial origins of the current economic inequalities among the regions of Colombia. The next section reviews the recent literature of the new institutional economic history on the intercountry and interregional economic inequalities observed in the Americas. The...

The aim of this research is to provide a diagnosis of the dairy chain in Cesar. In particular the advantages and opportunities of this productive activity are pointed out as well as its role in the regional and national level, emphasizing on the primary link (milk production) and secondary chain...