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The Particular Colombian Case in Latin America: A Singular Path with the Same Results

In: Colombia’s Slow Economic Growth

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  • Ivan Luzardo-Luna

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract

Despite similarities with other countries in the Latin America, Colombia’s trajectory to development has been unique. If we need to oversimplify why the main Latin American countries do not yet have advanced economies, the short answer would be: deep and frequent economic depressions. If Colombia did not experience a depression since 1903, why did not this country do better? Colombia’s problem is that it historically grew driven by input factors (capital and labour) accumulation rather than by productivity, which has remained stagnant for long periods. Productivity growth has depended on countries’ capacity to embrace technological progress. This book analyses how Colombia missed three technological waves of the last three centuries: steam, mass production, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and compares it with Argentina, Mexico, and Chile, respectively.

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  • Ivan Luzardo-Luna, 2019. "The Particular Colombian Case in Latin America: A Singular Path with the Same Results," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Colombia’s Slow Economic Growth, chapter 0, pages 1-10, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-25755-2_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25755-2_1
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