The Terciarization of Regional Economic Structures in Colombia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Terciarization of Regional Economic Structures in Colombia write by Jaime Alfredo Bonet. This book was released on 2007. The Terciarization of Regional Economic Structures in Colombia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the features observed in the Colombian economy during the second half of the 20th century is an increase in the share of the tertiary sectors in the GDP. This work has new evidence that help to understand this process in the Colombian regions, by using data on departmental GDP and employment. The evidence does not show a clear relationship between the tertiary production and the relative economic performance. However, the employment data reveals that those regions with a higher economic development have a greater employment in the tertiary sectors and a lower level of labor informality. Finally, some results support the hypothesis that the lagged regions trend to present a spurious tertiary transformation, while the prosperous ones are more associated to a genuine one.
The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges
The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges write by Eduardo A. Haddad. This book was released on 2023-05-30. The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines regional structural challenges on Colombia’s path to sustainable social cohesion and regionally inclusive growth. These challenges can be divided into three main groups: (i) those that focus on competitiveness and the supply side, (ii) those that arise from critical business cycle issues on the demand side, and (iii) those concerning environmental sustainability, employment and social inclusion. The contributions, written by experts on Latin American economics and regional science, apply quantitative simulations based on a unified general equilibrium framework and address a wide range of topics, including: Colombia’s competitive integration in global markets, human capital profiles, regional economic disparities and public and private mechanisms of interregional income transfer. The challenges entailed by such high-profile and long-term issues as productivity growth and climate change are also analyzed. In addition, the book positions Colombia’s experiences in an international comparative context. It argues that many other Latin American countries face similar challenges and provide evidence to substantiate this claim. By doing so, it offers valuable policy lessons for Latin American countries with similar difficulties.
Colombia Urbanization Review
Colombia Urbanization Review - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colombia Urbanization Review write by Taimur Samad. This book was released on 2012-09-18. Colombia Urbanization Review available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The efficiency and productivity of Colombia's urban system will be a key determinant in the ability of the country to transition from a middle to a higher income economy. Economic growth is strongly driven by commodities in Colombia and other Latin American countries. However, the contribution of urban activities to urban growth is non-negligible when all urban activities are added. Strengthening the roles of cities may contribute to mitigating the risks inherent to commodity intensive economies and can support a stronger resource-based manufacturing economic structure and more knowledge intensive industries. In addition, a well functioning urban system is important for quality of life in a country with a highly urban population: almost 80 percent of Colombians live in urban areas, and urbanization is correlated with poverty reduction and improved access to basic services. The Colombia Urbanization Review: Amplifying the Gains from the Urban Transition aims to provide diagnostic tools to inform policy dialogue and investment priorities on urbanization by operationalizing the framework for urban policy developed in the 2009 World Development Report, Reshaping Economic Geography and the Bank's new Urban and Local Government Strategy, System of Cities: Harnessing Urbanization for Growth and Poverty Reduction. The review was implemented in two stages. A first stage looked at the system of cities in Colombia and identified a series of bottlenecks that limit the efficiency of the system. Three key topics were identified from the first phase diagnostics for further analysis in the second phase, in close discussion with the Department of National Planning. The three cross-cutting topics identified for a policy ‘deep dive' in phase two were:deepening economic connectivity, enhancing coordination at a regional and metropolitan scale, and fostering efficiency and innovativeness in how cities finance themselves.
The Structure of Regional and Urban Economic Growth in Colombia (1960-1975)
The Structure of Regional and Urban Economic Growth in Colombia (1960-1975) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Structure of Regional and Urban Economic Growth in Colombia (1960-1975) write by Francisco E. Thoumi. This book was released on 1981. The Structure of Regional and Urban Economic Growth in Colombia (1960-1975) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean
Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean write by Bárbara A. Willaarts. This book was released on 2014-04-24. Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC’s trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book’s specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic ‘megatrends’ in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region’s observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.
