La economía en la mesa de negociación

Indudablemente, la coyuntura colombiana es la mas critica del continente. En Colombia estan en juego hoy los principios centrales de la democracia y el pais se destaca como el espacio mas propicio para comprender la complejidad y el impacto de fenomenos como la globalizacion, el narcotrafico, la violencia organizada y las fragilidades inherentes a los sistemas democraticos. Los siete ensayos sobre Colombia que contiene este libro permiten al analista confrontar sus derroteros intelectuales, al estudiante nutrirse de un ejemplo social, economico a institucional complejo, al periodista...

"Six essays analyze Colombia/US relations in post-Cold War period and challenges facing Colombia as US seeks to impose an ill-conceived anti-narcotics policy. Discusses policy options (including drug legalization), alternatives to extradition, and US certification requirements"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The author details her early years in Paris, where she was raised amidst diplomats, literary masters, and artists, and her return to her native Colombia, where, as a senator, she went up against the powerful drug cartels.

Monograph on the history of data collecting in Colombia from the pre-colombian era to 1978 - discusses statistical computing techniques, types of census and surveys carried out, data collecting through the ages, and describes functions of the national level statistical service, etc. Bibliography pp. 589 to 594.