Regional convergence in the department of Meta, Colombia: a human development approach

Duvan Andrés Arboleda Obregón () and Ángela Lorena Ortiz Rosero ()
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Duvan Andrés Arboleda Obregón: Alcaldía de Neiva
Ángela Lorena Ortiz Rosero: Gobernación del Meta

Lecturas de Economía, 2018, issue 89, 221-254

Abstract: This article aims to provide knowledge, from the human development perspective, on regional convergence for the municipalities of the department of Meta, Colombia. In order to determine whether the gap between the municipalities of Meta has tended to decrease or increase under the guidelines of the neoclassical theory of convergence and with a spatial approach, we use information available from the National Planning Department, the National Statistics Department, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute for Education Assessment Icfes. We found evidence of regional convergence for health, income and education indicators, as well as progress in human development. However, much remains to be done to ensure that the inhabitants of Meta achieve full development of their capacities, as development has been unequal.

Keywords: regional development policy; human development; regional economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 R1 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n89a08

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