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Las Instituciones Colombianas en el Siglo XX

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�Por qu� hablar de las instituciones colombianas si ellas se suponen bien conocidas? Porque en nuestro medio se conocen s�lo por sus rasgos legales, descriptivos, y no por las relaciones que ellas tienen con el desarrollo econ�mico. Estas relaciones son el foco del neoinstitucionalismo, una corriente de pensamiento econ�mico, social y pol�tico que est� demostrando importantes resultados. Seg�n esta corriente, las instituciones son las reglas de juego de una sociedad: encausan el desarrollo econ�mico pero son tambi�n un resultado hist�rico o “dependen del pasado”. Las instituciones est�n influidas por las ideolog�as legales y religiosas que dan lugar a una �tica p�blica, por la evoluci�n de una estructura social y familiar que internaliza esa forma de comportamiento y por el desarrollo de unos mercados. En el caso colombiano podemos observar que surgen de procesos conflictivos de constituci�n de la naci�n en los cuales el Estado no ha logrado el monopolio de la violencia ni de la fiscalidad, que en la concepci�n de Norbert El�as son condiciones necesarias para la constituci�n del estado moderno.2 Las instituciones no se auto-validan, o sea que los compromisos p�blicos o la misma ley no siempre se cumplen porque no hay suficientes balances y contrablances entre los distintos poderes p�blicos.3 Una peculiaridad de las instituciones colombianas que reflejan el proceso incompleto de construcci�n del Estado es que muchos de los agentes no cumplen las reglas contenidas en ellas. La ley se acata pero no se cumple, el crimen no se castiga, el contrabando se tolera y las luces de los sem�foros son interpretadas arbitrariamente por los conductores. Este siglo que expira pronto podr�a constituir un punto de inflexi�n hist�rico, como lo fuera el fin del siglo pasado que culminaba e iniciaba un nuevo era con la cruenta guerra civil que se extender�a hasta 1902 y que nos entreg� un pa�s sin su m�s rica provincia de Panam�. Culminada esta, sin embargo, se gener� un cambio estructur
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  • Salomón Kalmanovitz, 1999. "Las Instituciones Colombianas en el Siglo XX," Borradores de Economia 131, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:borrec:131
    DOI: 10.32468/be.131
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    1. William Orlando Prieto Bustos & Joan Miguel Tejedor Estupiñán, 2019. "Eficiencia Técnica de las Instituciones Públicas Locales en Colombia," Revista de Estudios Regionales, Universidades Públicas de Andalucía, vol. 2, pages 15-41.
    2. Juan Esteban Vélez Villegas, 2009. "Los procesos de aglomeración en Colombia a la luz de la nueva geografía económica," Revista ESPE - Ensayos Sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República, vol. 27(58), pages 106-139.
    3. Carolina Esguerra Roa, 2001. "Las instituciones Colombianas en el siglo XX de Salomón Kalmanovitz," Revista de Economía Institucional, Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Economía, vol. 3(5), pages 249-257, July-Dece.

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