Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges

Eduardo A. Haddad is a Professor of Economics and Director of NEREUS, University of São Paulo (Brazil). He is also an Affiliate Professor at the Faculty of Governance, Economic and Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI University and a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (Morocco).Jaime Bonet is an Economist at the Universidad de los Andes with a master's degree in economics and a Ph.D. in regional planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). Since July 2013, he is the Manager of the Banco de la República branch of Cartagena, where he is the Director of the Center for Regional Economic Studies (CEER).Geoffrey J.D. Hewings is a Professor of Geography and Regional Science, of Economics, of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). He is also the Director of the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory.

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview (Eduardo A. Haddad).- Part I. Regional Setting.- Chapter 2. Is There a Case for Regional Policy in Colombia? (Jaime Bonet).- Chapter 3. Income Inequalities in Colombia (Leonardo Bonilla).- Chapter 4. Regional Convergence in Colombia in the Twenty-First Century (Karina Acosta).- Part II. Modelling Framework.- Chapter 5. The Interregional Input-Output System for Colombia (Eduardo A. Haddad).- Chapter 6. The Interregional Computable General Equilibrium Model for Colombia (Eduardo A. Haddad).- Part III. Structural Analysis.- Chapter 7. Revisiting the Structural Interdependence among Colombian Departments.