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      RELACIONES ENTRE DEMOCRACIA Y DESARROLLO EN LOS PAÍSES ANDINOS. UNA REFLEXIÓN DESDE LA ECONOMÍA POLÍTICA Translated title: RELATIONS BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE ANDEAN COUNTRIES. A POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH

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          En los países andinos, la gobernabilidad democrática de los dos últimos decenios contrasta agudamente con los bajos niveles de crecimiento económico y el aumento del desempleo y la pobreza. Este artículo plantea que el nudo gordiano de esa paradoja es la gran desigualdad en la distribución del ingreso. Causa y consecuencia del mal funcionamiento del sistema político y de la economía, porque las élites económicas controlan el poder político, y crean instituciones y políticas que reflejan el interés de los dueños de la riqueza y no el interés común. Así se crea un círculo vicioso en el que la democracia “controlada” reproduce y amplía las desigualdades que la engendraron.

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          Democratic governance during the last two decades in the Andean countries contrasts sharply with low levels of economic growth and the increase in unemployment and poverty. This essay argues that the Gordian knot of this paradox is the high level of inequality in income distribution. This inequality is the cause and consequence of the malfunctioning of the economic and the political system, since economic elites control political power and create institutions and policies that reflect the interests of the wealthy rather than the common interest. This creates a vicious circle in which “controlled” democracy reproduces and expands the inequalities that bore it.

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                Author and article information

                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Journal
                s_rei
                Revista de Economía Institucional
                Rev. Econ. Inst.
                Universidad Externado de Colombia, Facultad de Economía (Bogotá )
                0124-5996
                June 2006
                : 8
                : 14
                : 167-190
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Investigador independiente Colombia
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                S0124-59962006000100008
                7f8ec12c-c5bb-4131-9f70-9b93ff590a81

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                democracy,development,income distribution,political economy,democracia,desarrollo,distribución del ingreso,política económica

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