Growth, Inequality and Poverty: An Analysis of the Violence in Colombia

Poveda, Alexander Cotte

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“…Jong (2009) suggested that political instability has four manifestations: (I) politicallymotivated violence, (II) mass civil protest, (III) instability within the political regime, and (IV) instability of the political regime; each manifestation exerts several effects on economic growth. Other authors have studied the empirical correlations and theoretical linkages between political instability and economic growth, demonstrating the negative and significant relationship between these variables (Cotte, 2007, Darby et al, 2004, Ades and Chua, 1997.…”

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Socio-Economic Development and Violence: An Empirical Application for Seven Metropolitan Areas in Colombia

Poveda¹

2011

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

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This work uses several empirical approaches to examine the effects of poverty and inequality on violence in the seven metropolitan areas in Colombia. To this end, this study describes the main determinants of violence in these cities; these determinants are all fundamental features of social instability. For this description, this paper uses several econometric approximations to compare and determine an adequate estimator for the analysis of Colombian urban violence. This hypothesis was supported by evidence showing that factors related to poverty, inequality, and education directly influenced violence in the cities. Because of their effects over time and their incidence rates across society, these factors also had negative effects on the economic and social development of every city analysed.

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Socio-Economic Development and Violence: An Empirical Application for Seven Metropolitan Areas in Colombia

Poveda¹

2011

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“…In recent decades, Colombia has shown an increase in violence across departments that have been explained by various phenomena such as drug trafficking, conflicts between guerrilla and paramilitary groups over economic resources such as oil and metals, and disputes over territorial limits. Gaviria andVelez, (2001) Holmes, Gutiérrez, andCurtin, (2002), Sánchez, Díaz and Formisano, (2003) and Cotte, (2007) have illustrated the dynamics and trends of Colombian violence and have concluded that there are significant connections between coca production, illegal groups and violence.…”

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Empirical research on the relationship between violence and social development in Colombia

Cotte Poveda

2012

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Violence is a significant development constraint that generates economic problems, limits public and private investments, and damages the country’s infrastructure. This paper offers an explanation of violence through an empirical analysis of Colombian departments that takes into account categories of violence and variables of economic development and the deterrence of violence. We use different datasets to measure violence and economic development, and we employ panel fixed-effects regressions and a dynamic panel model for a sample of 32 Colombian departments between 1993 and 2007. We find that the aggregate-level production per capita, education, deterrence variables and employment rate show a negative effect on violence, whereas the GINI coefficient and lagged rate show a positive effect on violence. Moreover, the objective conditions and their interrelationships have been important in the trends of violence in Colombian departments. JEL Classification: O1, 040, I30, C33.

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Translocal lessons from transitional justice in Colombia: Truth, art, and memory to advance human rights and transform societies

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Journal of Human Rights

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Growth, Inequality and Poverty: An Analysis of the Violence in Colombia

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Socio-Economic Development and Violence: An Empirical Application for Seven Metropolitan Areas in Colombia

Socio-Economic Development and Violence: An Empirical Application for Seven Metropolitan Areas in Colombia

Empirical research on the relationship between violence and social development in Colombia

Translocal lessons from transitional justice in Colombia: Truth, art, and memory to advance human rights and transform societies

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