Neoliberalism and the Contradictions of Centralized State Planning in Colombia: Development, Democracy, Peace, and Rural Transformations

Alberto Lioy; Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz

doi:10.1111/lamp.70010

Neoliberalism and the Contradictions of Centralized State Planning in Colombia: Development, Democracy, Peace, and Rural Transformations

Alberto Lioy, Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Seccional Cali

University of Hradec Kralove

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Este artículo examina la literatura académica y los informes sobre los Planes Nacionales de Desarrollo de Colombia durante los últimos 50 años. Su objetivo es identificar los debates centrales sobre el modelo de desarrollo colombiano, abordando las contradicciones, resultados, variaciones relevantes y aproximaciones a los problemas en los Planes Nacionales de Desarrollo. Este trabajo se basa en una búsqueda exhaustiva en repositorios de revistas académicas en internet (principalmente LatIndex y Google Académico) para encontrar materiales sobre los Planes Nacionales de Desarrollo de Colombia. Los 60 artículos e informes analizados datan de 1975 a 2023 e incluyen los materiales más relevantes sobre el tema propuesto. Como en todos los procesos de investigación interpretativa, los argumentos principales de este artículo surgieron gradualmente, primero mediante la lectura de los artículos y luego al intentar identificar los puntos de conexión en los argumentos y temas más recurrentes. Este estudio identifica cuatro debates relevantes e interrelacionados que surgen continuamente en torno a los Planes Nacionales de Desarrollo de Colombia: la prevalencia histórica del modelo neoliberal, la persistencia de un déficit democrático en la concepción del desarrollo, el abandono de las zonas rurales en las estrategias de desarrollo, y la relación entre el modelo de desarrollo y el conflicto armado. Esta investigación muestra cómo estos debates se entrelazan y tienen como denominador común las circunstancias históricas que subyacen a la incorporación del modelo neoliberal en los Planes Nacionales de Desarrollo de Colombia. Al identificar las conexiones entre los diferentes debates, se exponen algunas falacias y falsas creencias existentes sobre los procesos de planificación y desarrollo.

Idioma original	Inglés
Número de artículo	e70010
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-11
Número de páginas	11
Publicación	Latin American Policy
Volumen	16
N.º	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70010 https://doi.org/10.1111/lamp.70010
Estado	Publicada - jun. 2025

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