Illegal drug trafficking and economic development in Colombia

"The three essays cover the economic, political and institutional aspects of the impact drug smuggling activities have had on the Colombian economy. In the first essay, I examine drug smuggling activities as factors of institutional change forcing Colombia to adopt an export-led growth model of economic development. Revenues earned by illegally introducing drugs into industrialized countries were recycled through the parallel foreign exchange market and used to finance illegal imports. The industrialist class which had formally enjoyed a protected market was now forced to compete. The old privileges gone, the industrialist class had no incentive to support the existing inward-oriented model in the presence of ""de facto"" competition in their sectors and, thus, willingly accepted the ""Apertura"" program."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Molina, Pablo Augusto

Contributors dc:contributor

• Baer, Werner W.

• Economics, General
• Political Science, General
• Sociology, Social Structure and Development

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Molina, Pablo Augusto

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543674
(UMI)AAI9543674

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22786