Spanish Abstract: Este artículo presenta un breve análisis de las finanzas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, con énfasis en el periodo transcurrido desde la expedición de la Ley 30 de 1992, contrastando su situación con la del conjunto de universidades públicas del país. Se refiere...

The Bologna Process: What is its origin? What are the final objectives of this university reform? Who will gain and who will lose by it? You do not have to do sociological research to find out that outside the university world nobody knows anything about it because even inside that world, the...

Spanish Abstract: En 2014 el Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia lanzó el programa Ser Pilo Paga como parte del objetivo de convertir el país en el más educado de América Latina en el 2025. Desde su creación, el programa ha beneficiado a más de 30,000 jóvenes de escasos recursos...

El Programa Nacional de Movilización para la Alfabetización (PRONAMA) fue creado en el año 2006 con la finalidad de erradicar el analfabetismo en el Perú (mediante el subprograma de alfabetización) y corregir el efecto de regresión (a través del subprograma de continuidad educativa). A...

The Peruvian Literacy Program (PRONAMA) was created in 2006 in order to eradicate illiteracy in Peru (through the literacy sub-program) and to correct the regression effect (through the education continuity sub-program). Although the PRONAMA was closed in 2012, Peru still needs this program...

In this opportunity, we analyze the relationship among public social spending, governance and human development based on cross-sectional sample of data from more than 300 municipalities of Bolivia. Considering the municipal statistical information, we estimate a multiple linear regression model...

In this opportunity, we analyze the relationship among public social spending, governance and human development based on cross-sectional sample of data from more than 300 municipalities of Bolivia. Considering the municipal statistical information, we estimate a multiple linear regression model...

In this opportunity, we analyze the relationship among public social spending, governance and human development based on cross-sectional sample of data from more than 300 municipalities of Bolivia. Considering the municipal statistical information, we estimate a multiple linear regression model...

En este documento se analizan las implicaciones fiscales y sectoriales de la reforma a las transferencias territoriales que actualmente se debate en segunda vuelta en el Congreso. La reforma ajusta los montos que el gobierno nacional deberá transferir a las regiones y considera marginalmente la...

The education decentralization in 1992 modified the negotiation structure of teachers’ salaries between government authorities and the teachers’ unions. In 1998 a federal fund called FAEB was created to help the states finance education. This document explores the effects of the new...