This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...

Purpose – Informal settlements are consistent areas in Latin America which exhibit distinctive urban and social dynamics. However, despite their size and impact, these settlements have been traditionally overlooked in terms of the contribution that they make to the city and to any place...

During recent decades, the Colombian leadership has opted for a pattern of accumulation based on primary export trade, in two distinct but sustained phases of opening of the economy. This is contrary to the model of accumulation that is emerging internationally at the beginnings of XXI Century,...