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Medellín emerges as a Latin American trailblazer for local economic growth
A Colombian city once synonymous with violence is establishing a fresh paradigm for community-based economic developmentLatin America has until very recently been marked out by high levels of poverty, inequality, exclusion, informality, social injustice and, not surprisingly, violence. Unfortunately, the neoliberal policies adopted in the region from about 1970 to 2000 played an important part in significantly exacerbating these historic economic and social problems.
published date:Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT
