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The Liberal Rarity of South America: Oil and Mining Policy Reform in Colombia in the 2000s

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  • Carlos Caballero Argáez
  • Sebastián Bitar

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Even though Colombia exports minerals and oil, it cannot be considered as an oil or mineral-rich country. Colombia depends largely on this to generate income for the central and subnational governments, but because of the limited availability of these resources, and the comparatively large costs of exploiting them, Colombia has required foreign and domestic private investment to develop the sector. Through an overview of the history of mining and petroleum in Colombia, this paper revises the position of the government towards foreign investment in these sectors. Ultimately, it argues that Colombia has not experienced energy and resource nationalism, at a comparable level to other countries of the region, due to the low capacity of the state to develop these sectors in the absence of private and foreign investment. ***** Aunque Colombia exporta minerales e hidrocarburos, no puede ser considerado como un país rico en estos recursos. Colombia depende en gran medida de estos recursos para generar ingresos al gobierno central y a los gobiernos locales, pero debido a la escasa disponibilidad que tiene a ellos y al alto costo comparativo que representa su explotación, este país ha necesitado inversión privada nacional y extranjera para desarrollar estos sectores. A través de una revisión de la historia de la minería y el sector petrolero en Colombia, este paper estudia la posición del gobierno frente a la inversión privada y la inversión extranjera en el sector minero energético. Finalmente se argumenta que Colombia no ha experimentado nacionalismo energético en comparación con otros países de la región, debido a la escasa capacidad del Estado para desarrollar estos sectores sin la inversión privada y extranjera.

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  • Carlos Caballero Argáez & Sebastián Bitar, 2015. "The Liberal Rarity of South America: Oil and Mining Policy Reform in Colombia in the 2000s," Documentos de trabajo 17678, Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000547:017678
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    1. Corrales, Javier & Hernández, Gonzalo & Salgado, Juan Camilo, 2020. "Oil and regime type in Latin America: Reversing the line of causality," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).

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