En la lucha contra la pobreza y la inequidad social, el país desde la década de los noventa, implementó la estrategia de focalización de los programas orientados a estos propósitos y, por ende, del gasto público social, como forma efectiva para cumplir los mandatos constitucionales de...

Airports are one of the most important components of the physical infrastructure of a country, because through them aircrafts can move large volumes of passengers and cargo. However, their construction requires consideration of a number of environmental, economic, territorial and social factors...

This paper aims to carry out a depiction of labor informality in Colombia. We discuss the different alternatives that have been considered when defining and measuring labor informality and, based on technical criteria, employ the definitions related to the lack of affiliation to social security...

El principal objetivo de este trabajo consiste en realizar una evaluación del estado en que quedó el sur del Departamento del Atlántico, en particular el Municipio de Santa Lucía, después de la inundación que se produjo como consecuencia de la ruptura del Canal del Dique, el 30 de...

This paper aims to study the impact of teachers´ professionalization degree on the quality of schools, measured by student performance on the standardized test SABER11. We use instrumental variables (IV) models, in order to overcome possible endogeneity problems. The results indicate that the...

In this paper we argue that the most effective policy for the reduction in regional income disparities observed in Colombia is to invest in the human capital of the inhabitants of the periphery. Initially, we review the failed efforts to transform Colombian education in the late nineteenth...

En este trabajo se estudia, por primera vez en la historiografía económica colombiana, el proceso de desamortización en los estados federales de la Costa Caribe, Magdalena y Bolívar. El proceso de desamortización se realizó en Colombia entre 1861 y 1881. Esa reforma fue muy importante en...

Colombia is a country with low bilingual proficiency amongst its high school students. Systematically, foreign language test scores of the State Examination (Saber 11) indicate that the vast majority of students who finalize secondary education exhibit low proficiency on their ability to use and...

Yucca is one of the vegetables with the highest energy source in the world for both human and animal consumption. Its farming is adaptable to different geographical conditions, so it may be an important reserve crop in case of poor harvests of other food products. The Colombian Caribbean region...

Colombia is a country with large regional differences in levels of development, as well as high levels of malnutrition that limit its potential productivity. By using data from the National Survey of Nutritional Status 2010, this paper characterizes the nutritional status of children between 1...