Author:
Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Total Pages: 52
Release:
Genre:
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Ibss: Political Science: 1987

Ibss: Political Science: 1987
Author: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1991
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780415052429

IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institutions whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

Colombia

Colombia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1986
Genre: Business enterprises
ISBN:

Trade and Employment in Developing Countries, Volume 1

Trade and Employment in Developing Countries, Volume 1
Author: Anne O. Krueger
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0226455033

This first book of a three-volume study examines the way trade policies in developing countries affect the level and composition of employment. There is special emphasis on the effects of import substitution policies that attempt to make a country self-sufficient by producing local substitutes for imports, as compared with policies that further the expansion of imports. Ten countries are studied: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, the Ivory Coast, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, and Uruguay. The contributors to the volume analyze the link between trade strategies and employment within a common framework, and the analyses of trade policy include the level and structure of protection, the relation of trade policy to labor demand, the labor intensiveness of trade, and the extent of distortions in factor markets and their effects on trade.

The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie

The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie
Author: Roger James Sandilands
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1990
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780822310303

Lauchlin Currie's contribution to monetary theory and policies during the New Deal and in the postwar period when he became one of the most important economic advisors to several presidents of Colombia is the subject of this biography. Currie was a major economic advisor to president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and as his administrative assistant from 1939 until the president's death in 1945 helped shape Roosevelt's thinking on economic issues. His involvement in U.S. policymaking in China, where he directed Lend-Lease operations from 1941-1943, was one of the factors leading to his confrontation with Senator Joseph McCarthy. In 1949 he directed the first World Bank mission to Colombia. Roger Sandilands had access to Currie's own papers and to previously unpublished material. In this biography he provides the reader with a critical evaluation of Currie's contribution to the literature on the theory and practice of economic development in general, together with an analysis of how his concepts were shaped during the New Deal and in post-World War II Colombia.

Between Legitimacy and Violence

Between Legitimacy and Violence
Author: Marco Palacios
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2006-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822387891

Between Legitimacy and Violence is an authoritative, sweeping history of Colombia’s “long twentieth century,” from the tumultuous civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late twentieth. Marco Palacios, a leading Latin American historian, skillfully blends political, economic, social, and cultural history. In an expansive chronological narrative full of vivid detail, he explains Colombia’s political history, discussing key leaders, laws, parties, and ideologies; corruption and inefficiency; and the paradoxical nature of government institutions, which, while stable and enduring, are unable to prevent frequent and extreme outbursts of violence. Palacios traces the trajectory of the economy, addressing agriculture (particularly the economic significance of coffee), the development of a communication and transportation infrastructure, industrialization, and labor struggles. Palacios also gives extensive attention to persistent social inequalities, the role of the Catholic Church, demographic shifts such as urbanization and emigration, and Colombia’s relationship with the United States. Offering a comparative perspective, he frequently contrasts Colombia with other Latin American nations. Throughout, Palacios offers a helpful interpretive framework, connecting developments with their causes and consequences. By thoroughly illuminating Colombia’s past, Between Legitimacy and Violence sheds much-needed light on the country’s violent present.