Download This PaperA Post-Washington Consensus Approach to Local Economic Development in Latin America? An Example from Medellín, Colombia
6 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2014
Date Written: April 25, 2011
Abstract
This paper looks at the radical policies introduced in Medellin, in Colombia, to promote local development and social inclusion. While not always successful, the paper finds that they hold out a useful foundation for further reforms and measures to build local economic development success and social inclusion.
Keywords: Medellin, Colombia, informal, enterprise, microfinance, institutions
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Bateman, Milford and Duran Ortiz, Juan and Maclean, Kate, A Post-Washington Consensus Approach to Local Economic Development in Latin America? An Example from Medellín, Colombia (April 25, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2385197 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2385197
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