{"title":"Recall Elections: A Tool of Accountability? Evidence from Peru","authors":"M. Haman","doi":"10.13043/DYS.87.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/DYS.87.3","url":null,"abstract":"I examine the role of recall elections in Peruvian municipalities to evaluate whether they are used as a tool to increase political accountability. I test the theoretical assumptions of elite mobil...","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44220566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Un modelo sobre competencia en mercados de electricidad: contratos bilaterales en Colombia","authors":"A. Pérez, Jaime Carabalí","doi":"10.13043/DYS.87.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/DYS.87.5","url":null,"abstract":"En este articulo desarrollamos un modelo teorico para explicar como las firmas generadoras eligen su posicion agregada en contratos bilaterales en el mercado de electricidad colombiano. Posteriorme...","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43768619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lecciones del Cargo por Confiabilidad en Colombia como un mecanismo de incentivo a la generación de energía eléctrica","authors":"José Camilo Juvinao Navarro","doi":"10.13043/DYS.87.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/DYS.87.4","url":null,"abstract":"La consistencia intertemporal de la regulacion es un aspecto esencial para el correcto funcionamiento de los incentivos, especialmente en industrias con altos costos hundidos, como, por ejemplo, la...","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44661249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra, Jorge Enrique Ramos-Forero, Camilo Gómez
{"title":"El Presupuesto General de la Nación: Una aproximación a las partidas de transferencias e inversión","authors":"Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra, Jorge Enrique Ramos-Forero, Camilo Gómez","doi":"10.32468/be.1136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32468/be.1136","url":null,"abstract":"Este documento presenta una revision de la literatura teorica sobre la economia politica del presupuesto, describe el proceso presupuestal en Colombia con sus problemas y limitaciones, y explora en detalle los componentes de transferencias y de inversion del Presupuesto General de la Nacion (PGN), cuya composicion es mas compleja de evaluar por la naturaleza y la variedad de sus partidas. Estos dos componentes representan cerca del 60% del PGN y evidencian una gran in exibilidad del gasto publico, especialmente en transferencias. La in exibilidad tiene origen en la diversidad de apropiaciones con respaldo legal, que limitan el margen de maniobra de los gobiernos a la hora de formular el presupuesto. La inversion esta integrada por una gama amplia de programas sociales y subsidios y por proyectos de infraestructura, que en algunos casos corresponden a compromisos adquiridos en vigencias anteriores, a traves de las denominadas vigencias futuras, las cuales tambien in exibilizan el PGN. La rigidez del PGN se profundiza con la aprobacion frecuente de leyes que generan gasto adicional de manera transitoria o permanente. **** ABSTRACT: This paper presents a review of the theoretical literature on the political economy of the government budget, describes the budget process in Colombia with its problems and limitations, and explores in detail the transfer and investment components of the General Budget of the Nation, whose composition is more complex to evaluate due to the nature and variety of its items. These two components represent close to 60% of the budget and show great in exibility of public spending, especially in transfers. The in exibility stems from the diversity of appropriations with legal backing, which limits the margin of maneuver for governments when formulating the budget. The investment is made up of a wide range of social programs, subsidies and infrastructure projects, which in some cases correspond to commitments acquired in previous periods, through so-called \"vigencias futuras\", which also contribute to the in exibility of the budget. The rigidity of the budget deepens with the frequent approval of laws that generate additional spending on a temporary or permanent basis.","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47358760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. López-Feldman, Carlos Chávez, M. A. Vélez, Hernández Bejarano, Ariaster B. Chimeli, J. Féres, Juan Robalino, R. Salcedo, C. Viteri
{"title":"COVID-19: impactos en el medio ambiente y en el cumplimiento de los ODS en América Latina","authors":"A. López-Feldman, Carlos Chávez, M. A. Vélez, Hernández Bejarano, Ariaster B. Chimeli, J. Féres, Juan Robalino, R. Salcedo, C. Viteri","doi":"10.13043/dys.86.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.86.4","url":null,"abstract":"Los efectos economicos y sociales que la pandemia del COVID-19 y las medidas asociadas para hacerle frente estan teniendo en America Latina pueden derivar en serias consecuencias de largo plazo que repercutirian en el logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). En este articulo, resultado de la colaboracion de economistas ambientales de ocho paises de la region, discutimos los posibles efectos de la pandemia en la contaminacion del aire, la deforestacion y otros aspectos ambientales relevantes relacionados con los ODS. Ademas de presentar un recuento de algunos de los efectos iniciales de la crisis sanitaria en el medio ambiente, discutimos efectos potenciales en terminos de regulaciones ambientales e intervenciones de politica publica. Por ultimo, presentamos una agenda sobre nuevos temas de investigacion que surgen a raiz de la pandemia o que han cobrado mayor importancia como consecuencia de esta, incluyendo los impactos sobre el logro de los ODS.","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49240780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nota editorial de los editores invitados","authors":"A. López-Feldman, Felipe Castro Pachón","doi":"10.13043/dys.86.0a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.86.0a","url":null,"abstract":"El artículo “¿Menos pobres más vulnerables? una medición alternativa de la pobreza basada en el Progress Out of Poverty Index\", autoría de Astorquiza y Ospina, presenta una aproximación alternativa a las formas tradicionales de medir la pobreza en Colombia. La investigación utiliza el Progress Out of Poverty Index para cuantificar el nivel y el riesgo de encontrarse en situación de pobreza en los veintitrés principales departamentos de Colombia en el periodo 2012-2019. Sumado a ello, un punto clave de este enfoque es lograr una dinámica en la cual la inversión genere los encadenamientos adecuados para impulsar la diversificación del aparato productivo, de modo que permita al crecimiento traducirse en la generación de empleo con mayor productividad laboral y aumento de la participación salarial dentro del PIB. De acuerdo con sus resultados, la economía colombiana puede ser impulsada por la demanda, respaldada, a su vez, por un mayor consumo de trabajadores mejor remunerados.","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48871045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Remittances and Child Welfare: A Case Study on Cali Colombia","authors":"Andres Cuadros-Menac, I. Aguirre, I. Børja","doi":"10.13043/dys.86.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.86.3","url":null,"abstract":"International remittances can increase the income of recipient households, and thus reduce their budget constraints. As such, they may enhance consumption and investment opportunities for family me...","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43311677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crecimiento inclusivo: una estrategia integral para la obtención de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible","authors":"Gonzalo Cómbita Mora, O. P. Rodríguez","doi":"10.13043/dys.86.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.86.2","url":null,"abstract":"El articulo presenta una estrategia de crecimiento que, por medio de la modificacion de la distribucion del ingreso en favor de los asalariados, permita impulsar la demanda agregada, la productivid...","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45629156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nota editorial","authors":"Jorge H Maldonado","doi":"10.13043/dys.86.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.86.0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47421080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Astorquiza Bustos Bilver Adrián, Ospina Muñoz María Camila
{"title":"¿Menos pobres más vulnerables? Una medición alternativa de la pobreza basada en el progress out of poverty index","authors":"Astorquiza Bustos Bilver Adrián, Ospina Muñoz María Camila","doi":"10.13043/dys.86.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13043/dys.86.1","url":null,"abstract":"La pobreza en America Latina y el Caribe presenta un ligero incremento en los ultimos anos. Esta situacion enciende las alarmas, pues su erradicacion se ha convertido en un anhelo social que dista ...","PeriodicalId":52469,"journal":{"name":"Desarrollo y Sociedad","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41849225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}