The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges

The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges
Author: Eduardo A. Haddad
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2023-05-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031226534

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
Author: Taimur Samad
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821395246

This book provides diagnostic tools to inform policy dialogue and investment priorities on urbanization in Colombia, addresssing the need to deepen economic connectivity, enhance coordination at a regional and metropolitan scale, and foster efficiency and innovativeness in how cities finance themselves.

The Orange Economy

The Orange Economy
Author: Inter American Development Bank
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This manual has been designed and written with the purpose of introducing key concepts and areas of debate around the "creative economy", a valuable development opportunity that Latin America, the Caribbean and the world at large cannot afford to miss. The creative economy, which we call the "Orange Economy" in this book (you'll see why), encompasses the immense wealth of talent, intellectual property, interconnectedness, and, of course, cultural heritage of the Latin American and Caribbean region (and indeed, every region). At the end of this manual, you will have the knowledge base necessary to understand and explain what the Orange Economy is and why it is so important. You will also acquire the analytical tools needed to take better advantage of opportunities across the arts, heritage, media, and creative services.

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and the Creative Economy in Colombia Leveraging the Orange Economy

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and the Creative Economy in Colombia Leveraging the Orange Economy
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre:
ISBN: 926465268X

In 2017, Colombia launched a novel public policy to stimulate the creative economy, building on the success of previous policy initiatives to support the cultural and creative sectors. The Orange Economy policy is unique for its transversal approach to supporting the creative economy and mainstreaming culture across diverse policy portfolios, beyond cultural policy.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Colombia 2014

OECD Territorial Reviews: Colombia 2014
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9264224556

To support the current efforts of Colombia’s government, this report illustrates policy recommendations to help national authorities adopting a territorial approach to inclusive economic development.

Latin America's Emergence in Global Services

Latin America's Emergence in Global Services
Author: René A. Hernández
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2014
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9789211218442

Business services have been one of the fatest growing export areas in emerging economies over the past decade. The spread of information and communication technologies and the rise in trade liberalization have facilitated the global unbundling and offshoring of services activities from advanced to developing countries, including those in Latin America. This offshoring has gradually evolved into more sophisticated forms of business process outsourcing. Several countries in the region are now in the process of further upgrading their services exports to participate in knowledge process outsourcing, which includes research and development, product development and more advanced vertical functions and activities in the value chain. The empirical and analytical insights in this volume document how several countries in Latin America have entered the offshore services sector both through the attraction of multinational companies and the internationalization of domestic service suppliers. The future of the offshore services sector in Latin America will depend on its ability to upgrade its knowledge- and skill-intensive product offerings. This will call for the development of domestic technical capabilities, the adoption of renewed industrial policies, the promotion of backward and forward linkages, and the continued upgrading of human capital and information technology-integrated manufacturing.

OECD Rural Studies Rural Policy Review of Colombia 2022

OECD Rural Studies Rural Policy Review of Colombia 2022
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2022-11-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9264828494

Rural regions in Colombia have untapped potential to boost wealth and well-being in the country. Despite remarkable economic growth over the last two decades, Colombia’s development policy needs to increase its focus on rurality, as regional inequalities remain high by OECD standards and structural challenges still prevent greater development in rural places.

Issues in General Economic Research and Application: 2011 Edition

Issues in General Economic Research and Application: 2011 Edition
Author:
Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
Total Pages: 875
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464965056

Issues in General Economic Research and Application: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about General Economic Research and Application. The editors have built Issues in General Economic Research and Application: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about General Economic Research and Application in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in General Economic Research and Application: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Firms, Farms, And The State In Colombia

Firms, Farms, And The State In Colombia
Author: A.H.J. Helmsing
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-01-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429722753

This book on the regional development theory analyzes the institutional environment, singling out three factors: the textile industry; government that provided key infrastructural provisions; and cotton-grower associations that were able to counter-balance the monopsony of the textile companies.

Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America

Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America
Author: Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642396747

This contributed volume is the first book in English to offer a current and critical vision of regional problems and policies in the countries of Latin America. The book is in three main parts: a general overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America as a whole; country-level coverage of seven individual countries; and comparative analyses of common major problems such as migration, education, labor, poverty, decentralization, exports and foreign direct investments. Written by renowned academics and experts from the region, the book seeks to provide a better understanding of regional challenges and trends, regional disparities that exist in many Latin American countries and the increasing importance of metropolitan areas.