Para los soachunos la necesidad tiene cara de perro

En este reportaje se responde la pregunta de investigación ¿de qué manera repercuten los problemas de movilidad de Soacha en los habitantes del municipio tanto al salir de éste hacia Bogotá, como al regresar? haciendo énfasis en las vivencias diarias de los habitantes, sin dejar de lado la perspectiva institucional, reflejada en las intervenciones de políticos, fuerzas militares e informes estatales. A lo largo del texto se explica con detalle cuáles son los problemas de movilidad y además se desarrolla cada una de las consecuencias que estos acarrean, dentro de ellas: el uso del tiempo, los recursos económicos, la falta de oportunidades dentro de Soacha y por último el futuro.

Economic crisis and the financial system amplification effect

A well informed and cautious financial system can improves the welfare outcome of an economy by driving lenders surplus to borrow-ers. Nevertheless in a crisis situation the financial system cautious behavior can become a crisis amplifier given that the credit approval conditions are hardly meet, so there could be a credit crunch even in a low interest rates environment. This paper illustrates the previous by developing a general equilibrium model where the collateral credit condition defines the prudential behavior of the financial sys-tem. This and some other conditions amplify the magnitude of a negative productivity shock.

Legal, political and economic aspects of the tragedy in rural Colombia in recent decades: hypothesis for analysis

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The international economic crisis and the colombian economy

The purpose of this research is to provide an approximation to the likely effects of the crisis on the Colombian economy and to the effectiveness of policy response. For this, the most relevant transmission channels and policy measures are simulated in the setting of a static computable general equilibrium model (CGE). The results obtained are interesting in their own right and are in line with what could be expected given the information available on the behavior of the Colombian economy. Furthermore, they call into question the effectiveness of governmental intervention as judged by its intended countercyclical effects.