Política monetaria, 1947-1958

Crecimiento, distribución del ingreso y pobreza - El crecimiento económico - Pobreza y desigualdad - La política de población - El rezago de la educación en Colombia - El problema del empleo - El modelo pensional - Los servicios públicos en Colombia - Los desafíos de las finanzas públicas.

"As the Samper government was rocked by allegations of drug-related corruption in the presidential campaign of 1994, Colombia's endemic crisis of governability, violence, and political participation took a dramatic turn for the worse. Moreover, Colombia/US bilateral relations degenerated into mutual accusations and recriminations. In this book, several of Colombia's leading political analysts assess this crisis and its implications for the maintainance of political stability and consolidation of democracy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Discussion by academics, government officials, and private sector leaders on the virtues of reducing the role of the Colombian State in favor of private interests, with the objective of increasing economic efficiency. Although a selective process of privatization has long been praised as beneficial for economies such as Colombia's, major sales of nationalized industries have not yet been achieved and successive governments have failed to elaborate a comprehensive privatization plan. The authors describe the benefits of moving in this direction and point out that the new Constitution opens...

"El libro ... es el resultado del concurso Historias de Vida que el Fondo Editorial para la Paz, de la Fundación Progresar, convoca anualmente en su interés por rescatar la memoria histórica de las últimas cuatro décadas ... los textos son ante todo una aproximación a la cotidianidad de la izquierda armada y a la vez a unos elementos culturales que se han forjado en varias décadas de guerra insurgente en nuestro país"--P. [7]-8.