Social rifts in Colombia

This article analyses the levels and evolution of social inequalities in Colombia over the last 25 years, describing the main recent trends in Colombian social development, comparing them with past periods, and contrasting them with those of other countries. First of all, a recent estimate of income distribution and the rest of the social indicators is given. Next, trends in the distribution of monetary income over the period 1938-1993 are analysed, the impact of social expenditure on secondary income distribution is examined, and on this basis trends in the distribution of income effectively …

Gobernabilidad, competitividad e integración social

En este artículo se busca fundamentar un enfoque que integre la gobernabilidad política, la competitividad económica y la integración social como variables interdependientes. Para ello se examinan las posibilidades de que la sociedad latinoamericana logre a la vez acrecentar su capacidad de autogobierno democrático, mejorar su competitividad económica y enfrentar los principales problemas de exclusión social y pobreza, ya que de no hacerlo la región tendrá más dificultad para estar presente en el concierto de naciones democráticas y modernas. Para analizar la evolución de tales variables con u…

Governance, competitiveness and social integration

This article seeks to set forth the grounds for an approach integrating political governance, economic competitiveness and social integration as interdependent variables. To this end, it looks at the possibilities for Latin American society to simultaneously increase its capacity for democratic self-government, improve its economic competitiveness and tackle the main problems of social exclusion and poverty, since if this is not done the region will find it more difficult to take its place in the concert of modern democratic nations. In order to analyse the evolution of those variables from a …

Dinámica de la población y desarrollo en el Caribe

The IP Offices of the XXI Century and their Role in Promoting the Commercialization of Green Technologies

The workshop takes place within the scope of the project “Building a national and regional strategy for the development and adoption of sustainable technologies”, led by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) in Brazil and implemented by the Economic Commission for America Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) with support of the European Union through Euroclima+. In addition, the workshop builds on a series of actions that are in course in the context of a fruitful network coordinated by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Green in partnership with representa…