Colombia's Slow Economic Growth From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century /

• Main Author: Luzardo-Luna, Ivan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Latin America-History.; Economic growth.; Development economics.; Latin America-Economic conditions.; Economic policy.; Economic History.; Latin American History.; Economic Growth.; Development Economics.; Latin American and Caribbean Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.

Looking at the years 1870-2016, this book analyses the reasons behind Colombia's chronically slow economic growth. As a comparative economic history, it examines why Colombia has seen lower growth rates than countries with similar institutions, culture and colonial origins, such as Argentina in...