Overview
- Offers a comparative perspective among the Hispanic American main economies
- Examines the impact of technology and its adoption on economic growth
- Of interest to researchers and students of Economic History and Latin America, as well as policy makers and development economists
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Colombian economic history
- Latin American economic history
- Economic growth in the long-run
- Colombian economic growth
- Latin American economic development
- General purpose technology
- Technology and development
- Comparative economic history
- Argentinian economic growth
- Chilean economic growth
- Mexican economic growth
- Economic policy in Latin America
About this book
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 1870-1914, Mexico in 1930-1980, and Chile from 1982 onwards.
While Colombia's history has shown relative macroeconomic stability, it has also shown a limited capacity for integrating into the world economy and embracing technological breakthroughs compared to the rest of the world, including steam, mass production and Information Technology. This volume thus moves away from the long-held view that institutional path dependence is the main determinant of differences in long-run economic growth across countries.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ivan Luzardo-Luna is Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research interests include labour markets, post-crises behaviour and development economics in Latin America.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Colombia’s Slow Economic Growth
Book Subtitle: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Ivan Luzardo-Luna
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25755-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25754-5Published: 18 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25755-2Published: 07 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 154
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Latin American History, Economic Growth, Development Economics, Latin American and Caribbean Economics, R & D/Technology Policy