@article {357, title = {CARACTERIZACI{\'O}N DEL PROCESO DE ESPECIALIZACI{\'O}N DE LA ECONOM{\'I}A COLOMBIANA HACIA EL SECTOR EXTRACTIVO}, journal = {Revista Ambiente y Sostenibilidad }, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {12/2015}, chapter = {118}, abstract = {

Several authors claim that a large number of Latin American countries are reprimarizing their economies. Colombia has \ been\  no\  exception,\  and\  although\  traditionally\  based\  its \ productive\  apparatus\  in\  primary\  sector\  activities\  such\  as \ agriculture,\  logging,\  minerals\  and\  hydrocarbons,\  in\  the\  last\  two\  decades\  can\  be\  seen\  a\  sharper\  reprimarized \ phenomenon\  to\  the\  sector\  mining\  and\  energy.\  Research\  related\  to\  the\  implications\  of\  the\  extractive,\  economically

speaking, broadly focus on economic growth as a variable of interest. In this sense, the present study seeks to provide arguments to those criticisms about the advantages in economic matters has left the extractive industry in Colombia.

Firstly shows the evidence that reflect the type of Extractivism implemented in the country, focusing on the factors that have promoted, and ultimately results in macroeconomic terms obtained by it, specifically in economic growth, demand of\  local\  labor and\  deteriorating\  terms\  of\  trade.\  The\  paper\  ends\  with\  some\  conclusions\  drawn\  from\  the\  results\  of\  the investigation.

}, keywords = {Colombian economy, Extractivism, Mining, Reprimarizing, Terms of trade.}, issn = {2339-3122}, url = {http://revistas.univalle.edu.co/index.php/ays/article/view/4307/6527}, author = {Juliana Sarmiento Castillo} }