The article responds to the Secrets of Transformation multimedia series, a joint project of Bertelsmann Transformation Index and Deutsche Welle.  Colombia has a presidential system of government which means that the head of government is elected through popular vote and that the executive and legislative terms are fixed and do not need mutual ratification. So […]

I grew up in a time when the barriers between developed countries and developing countries started becoming permeable. Windows opened and I could peek into life in other latitudes.  As I learned about lives of people in other places, I absorbed the message that development meant I should aspire to […]

Abstract: Is globalization a fad? After all everyone seems to have an opinion about it. In Colombia globalization has several meanings, depending on who you ask, even if people don’t have access to internet or technology, everyone is quite aware on the many ways, – some of them positive, some […]

Abstract: Argélida Flores is 30 years old, has four children, two grandsons and no husband. Known as “la Gocha” by her neighbors of the invation neighborhood “Nelson Mandela”, she works from dawn to dusk in a family home located in one of the most fancy areas of Cartagena de Indias, […]

In the recent past Colombia has shown very interesting, steady and positive growth rates which have now put it among the group of Latin American countries with a better economic showing. Growth in Columbia has been mainly driven by the boom in metal prices like gold that has boosted the […]