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Author Helmsing, A. H. J., 1951-

Title Firms, farms, and the state in Colombia : a study of rural, urban, and regional dimensions of change / A.H.J. Helmsing
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Contents Map of Colombia -- Introduction -- Regional Studies and the Study of Regional Development -- Argumentation -- From Rural Economy to Agricultural Development in the Countryside -- From Town to Urban Economy -- Micro Organization and Macro Change: A Perspective -- Case Studies -- Economic and Regional Change in Colombia: 1900-1980 -- Cotton and Textiles: A Case Study of Rural and Regional Change -- Antioqueo Regional Development Reconsidered -- Conclusions -- Conclusions and Final Considerations
Summary This book on the regional development theory analyzes the institutional environment, singling out three factors: the textile industry; government that provided key infrastructural provisions; and cotton-grower associations that were able to counter-balance the monopsony of the textile companies
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Subject Land use, Rural -- Colombia
Urbanization -- Colombia
Textile industry -- Location -- Colombia
Rural development -- Colombia
Industrial policy -- Colombia
Agricultural industries -- Government policy -- Colombia
Agricultural industries -- Government policy
Economic history -- Regional disparities
Industrial policy
Land use, Rural
Rural development
Textile industry -- Location
Urbanization
SUBJECT Colombia -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities
Subject Colombia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429042348
0429042345
9780429702747
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9780429722752
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9780429742767
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