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Cotton Crisis And Violence. Departament Of Cesar. Colombia, Fernando Bernal Castillo, Fernando Bernal Castillo Jan 2004

Cotton Crisis And Violence. Departament Of Cesar. Colombia, Fernando Bernal Castillo, Fernando Bernal Castillo

Fernando Bernal Castillo

This work describes the process of involution that underwent the department of el Cesar after the collapse of the cotton prices in de mid seventies. Along with the involution came along the paramilitary and guerrilla groups, and unprecedented manifestations of violence against the population of this region.


Public Governance, Violence And Policies Of Poverty Alleviation. The Families In Action Program. Colombia, Fernando Bernal Castillo Jan 2003

Public Governance, Violence And Policies Of Poverty Alleviation. The Families In Action Program. Colombia, Fernando Bernal Castillo

Fernando Bernal Castillo

This is a study of the conditional cash transfers program implemented in Colombia, Familias en Acción, and the way it has been determined by the governance structure and the institutional framework of the rural societies.


Violence And Displaced Rural Women. Montería (Córdoba), Fernando Bernal Castillo Jan 1997

Violence And Displaced Rural Women. Montería (Córdoba), Fernando Bernal Castillo

Fernando Bernal Castillo

This a study case of rural women being displaced by the violence of both the guerrillas and the paramilitary and now settled down in the slums ofof Monteria, the capital city of the department of Cordoba, Colombia


Colombia: Rural Descentralization, Performance Of The Local Governments. Its Main Determinants, Fernando Bernal Castillo, Fernando Bernal Castillo Jan 1997

Colombia: Rural Descentralization, Performance Of The Local Governments. Its Main Determinants, Fernando Bernal Castillo, Fernando Bernal Castillo

Fernando Bernal Castillo

This paper examines the main determinants of the performance of the agricultural technical assitance offices of the municipalities of Colombia