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Este libro presenta los resultados de una investigación sobre el rol que puede jugar el turismo en materia de reducción de la pobreza, promoviendo al mismo tiempo el desarrollo sostenible, con énfasis en el caso colombiano. El crecimiento del turismo implica una generación cada vez más importante de ingresos, sin embargo lo anterior no significa que estos ingresos adicionales tengan la capacidad de reducir la pobreza y mejorar las condiciones de vida de la población receptora. En este sentido, la capacidad del turismo para reducir la pobreza no será la misma, dependiendo de cuándo, dónde y cómo esta actividad se desarrolle, pues no se trata solo de generar recursos mediante la actividad turística y ejecutar mecanismos y condiciones para que los ingresos tengan un impacto sobre la reducción de la pobreza. También es necesario desarrollar la actividad turística sin dejar de lado la preservación del medioambiente y los recursos patrimoniales materiales e inmateriales disponibles en el territorio.
Manual descriptivo de la República de Colombia.
Drawn in part from personal interviews with participants and witnesses, Herbert Braun’s analysis of the riot’s roots, its patterns and consequences, provides a dramatic account of this historic turning point and an illuminating look at the making of modern Colombia. Braun’s narrative begins in the year 1930 in Bogotá, Colombia, when a generation of Liberals and Conservatives came to power convinced they could kept he peace by being distant, dispassionate, and rational. One of these politicians, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, was different. Seeking to bring about a society of merit, mass participation, and individualism, he exposed the private interests of the reigning politicians and engende...
Treats in concise and objective manner the dominant historical, social, political, economic, and national security aspects of contemporary Colombia. Chapter bibliographies appear at the end of the book.
"The Artists of the World is a unique register of artists of all kinds, from all periods of history and all regions of the world. More than 500,000 artists are included in this 10-volume reference work. Occupation descriptions are in English but the dictionary also contains a five-language thesaurus.
In what is destined to prove the definitive text for the present generation on the political, economic, and social structure of Colombia, Jorge Pablo Osterling explores the enigmatic nature of this special, even critical, anchor to the northern tier of South America. In many ways, Colombia is a huge success story: it is one of the oldest, most stable, functioning democracies; the land is blessed with rich and diversified resources and products; and its foreign debt has been kept in check as a consequence of sound economic management.But despite its positive social, cultural, economic, and political indicators, Colombia has been a nation beset by serious problems: overt corruption and unemplo...
This book focuses on the Colombian Violencia, the undeclared civil war between the Liberal and Conservative parties that raged from the late 1940s to early 1960s. It presents the information as a narrative history. There is also an array of appendixes, maps, and photographs.
Strives to organize knowledge of the region. It contains nearly 5,300 separate articles. Most topics appear in English alphabetical order.
IV Reunión sobre Pobreza y Distribución del Ingreso (La Plata, 2003)