We explore the effectiveness of capital controls in Colombia. We analyze the impact of administrative restrictions to capital flows on aggregate capital flows, the composition of capital flows, the real exchange rate, and economic activity using restricted versions of vector error correction...

This paper presents a case study of a social marketing intervention, developed as an action research project, which applied marketing principles and practices to the public policy challenge of reducing the incidence of deliberate countryside fire-setting in certain communities. This represented...

El repunte de las operaciones comerciales con el exterior, acentuado por el extraordinario volumen de café para exportación, ha mostrado la insuficiencia del sistema de transporte terrestre del País: se aumentaron en forma inusual los fletes de transporte de carga desde y hacia los puertos....

Esta nota sectorial es un insumo para la preparación de la estrategia del Banco con Colombia (2012-2014). La nota se centra en realizar rápidamente una referencia a la evolución que ha tenido el acceso a los servicios financieros en Colombia, con el fin de ver los avances y realizar un...

Pit hardening period is the phenological stage when water stress is recommended in regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) in olive trees. In table olive trees, fruit growth is a very important process which could affect the final profit of the yield. RDI scheduling based on water status measurements...

Trunk diameter fluctuation parameters have been common indicators in water relations experiments. In most fruit trees, these parameters have been reported as very sensitive to drought conditions. However, the great variability of the measurements, amongst other factors, has limited their use in...

No information exits on the effects of water stress on pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruits. In this paper, the influence of three irrigation treatments on the physical and chemical characteristics of the fruits of adult pomegranate trees was studied. Control (T0) plants were drip irrigated...

This article estimates the impact of financial development on industry-level Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth using a largely unexploited panel of 77 countries with data for 26 manufacturing industries for the years 1965 to 2003. A significant relationship is found between financial...