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Categorías municipales en Colombia: Avanzando hacia un modelo de descentralización asimétrica

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  • Karina Acosta
  • Yuri Reina-Aranza

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La descentralización asimétrica se ha convertido en una discusión relevante en países en desarrollo como Colombia, donde las capacidades entre los gobiernos subnacionales difieren dramáticamente. Aunque estas discusiones han estado presentes desde la década de los sesenta, el éxito de la descentralización es aún una discusión relevante, donde la clasificación del territorio es fundamental. Este documento discute los posibles obstáculos de las clases territoriales usadas actualmente en Colombia. Asimismo, propone y discute la utilidad del uso de algoritmos recientes de la literatura de aprendizaje de máquinas no supervisados para la clasificación de los territorios subnacionales. Específicamente, este documento implementa Clustering via Optimal Trees(ICOT), un algoritmo que permite clasificar los territorios y, a la vez, identificar las reglas de las clases definidas. Este estudio además propone la creación de diferentes tipologías territoriales conforme a sus usos. **** ABSTRACT: Asymmetric decentralization has become relevant in developing countries like Colombia, where capabilities between subnational governments differ dramatically. Although these discussions have been present since the 1960s, the success of decentralization is still a relevant discussion in these contexts, where the classification of the territory is fundamental. This document discusses the possible obstacles of the territorial classes currently used in Colombia. Likewise, it proposes and discusses the usefulness of using recent algorithms from the unsupervised machine learning literature to classify subnational territories. Specifically, this document implements Clustering via Optimal Trees (ICOT), an algorithm that allows us to classify the territories and identify the rules underneath the defined classes. This study also proposes the existence of different territorial typologies according to their uses.

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  • Karina Acosta & Yuri Reina-Aranza, 2023. "Categorías municipales en Colombia: Avanzando hacia un modelo de descentralización asimétrica," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 321, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:321
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.321
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    Keywords

    descentralización; capacidades; resultados; aprendizaje de máquinas; ICOT; Colombia; decentralization; capabilities; results; unsupervised learning; ICOT;
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    • C45 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Neural Networks and Related Topics
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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