Colombian structural change occurred after the export economy benefited from the prolonged upsurge of world trade cycle and so did during the twenties the coffee industry. As causes of the abrupt decline of the external sector in Colombia export activity are attributed first the generalized...

Colombia adopted the neo-liberal model with a particular criterion, accommodating it to its own way of thinking, but perhaps without much thought as to the impact of implementing a Constitutional Reform in order to manage the principal variables that determine economic policy under new legal...

Last century political class found out how difficult it was for a country like Colombia with such geographical obstacles and incipient technological developments available to conclude a viable and integrated transport network. Juan Bernardo Elbers a wealthy Danish migrant compromised his...

The political class at the turn of the century opposed to the creation of a Central Bank, responding to the argument that government credit control should not surpass what they considered a rational action. Onwards and not exempted of bloodshed the parties' political proposal included the...

The Colombian economy experienced during the first two decades of the present century a stage of rapid economic growth. The export sector encouraged by the coffee industry increased also domestic activity up to a point where aggregated demand traduced into the creation of a whole national...

The foundation of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia was inspired on the dearest principles of the defense of grower's income. Also to improve the efficient allocation of economic surplus, and to promote welfare and economic growth. With its institutional help and savings the...

The Colombian political economy during the upsurge of the economic cycle of 1975-80 attempted to curtail repercussions that affected coffee export's income distribution particularly as adjusting mechanisms contemplated to equilibrate the whole economy price level. From the conventional economic...

An appraisal of the structural factors that determine price fluctuations in the Colombian coffee economy is object of study during the 1975-85 cycle. Some of the exchange determinants that affect the economy are considered particularly as a consequence of a sudden income rise due to coffee...

Colombia has been a showcase in the Latin American economic integration process after adopting fashionable theoretical models. Several policy instruments adopted have proclaimed that a definitive link emerging from open trading activities will ensure prolonged stages of growth. Empirical...

This appraisal paper attempts a view about the Colombian historical shortcomings to reach modernity and linking the economy to international trade. Recent Washington Consensus experience associated with a profound liberalization process initiated during the 1990's decade, lead basic economic...