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Carreteras y red eléctrica en Colombia, 1945 - 1990

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  • Marta Juanita Villaveces Nino
  • Ramón Eduardo Hernández Ortega

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Este trabajo busca explicar por qué en Colombia hubo una divergencia entre la expansión de la red eléctrica y la red de carreteras después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hasta 1990. Durante este período el país adoptó el modelo de industrialización por sustitución de importaciones (ISI), que consideraba a ambos sectores como estratégicos para el crecimiento económico. A partir de una revisión de documentos oficiales, se analiza la dinámica de inversión en cada sector y su relevancia relativa frente al modelo de crecimiento económico. Se concluye que, si bien se le dio a ambos sectores una importancia similar al inicio del período, en la práctica se focalizó en la electricidad por ser considerada insumo para la industria y necesidad para los hogares. Las carreteras, por su parte, tenían una importancia secundaria en la política de conservar, más que construir nuevas vías.

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  • Marta Juanita Villaveces Nino & Ramón Eduardo Hernández Ortega, 2017. "Carreteras y red eléctrica en Colombia, 1945 - 1990," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, vol. 11(1), pages 7-36, June.
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    Keywords

    Colombia; energía eléctrica; carreteras; industrialización por sustitución de importaciones;
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    JEL classification:

    • N76 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning

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