Meisel-Roca, Adolfo

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República, in accordance with the provisions of article 5° of Act [“Law”] 31/1992, submits to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia a Report on the macroeconomic performance of years 2014 and 2015 to date. Similarly, targets adopted for the current year…

‘Determinantes socioeconómicos y convergencia espacial del bienestar biológico: El caso de la estatura en Colombia 1920-1990’ 

Enfoque: la estatura promedio de una población ha sido utilizada en la historia económica como un…

In compliance with Article 5, Act of Congress 31/1992, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República hereby submits to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia a report on the macroeconomic results for 2017 and the outlook for 2018 for its consideration. The last two chapters report on the…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia, as established in Article 5° of Act 31 of 1992, submitted its second report of the year to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the international economic environment, the performance of the Colombian economy so far in 2017, and…

As established in Article 5° of Act 31 of 1992, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia submitted its second report of 2016 to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the results of the Colombian economy to date, as well the national and international outlook for the current…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia submitted its first report of the year to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the international economic environment, the performance of the Colombian economy in 2016, and the outlook for this year. In this context, the monetary…

On February 14, 1903, R. G. Fay, a gunpowder expert from the United States sailed for Cartagena, Colombia aboard the Allegheny, a steamer that belonged to Hamburg Amerika Linie. Fay described the ship as a "fruit boat". All along his trip to South America and back, he wrote a journal. He also…

Artículo publicado en: Economics and Human Biology, vol. 11, pp. 416–425, 2013

The Colombian islands of San Andres and Providence, located 180 kilometers of the coast of Nicaragua, and initially populated by English settlers and their slaves, were characterized until 1953 by having a population which was predominantly English speaking, Protestant and black. However, since…