Parallel session
How big is regional inequality? A multidimensional look at the Colombian case

Special event 4 | Room 5: Thursday, 6 October 2022, 11:00-12:30 (UTC-5)

This session will be in Spanish with English translation available. This special event is organized with the Center of Regional Economic Studies (Centro de Estudios Económicos Regionales - CEER) from the Central Bank of Colombia. Event will be lead by Jaime Bonet where researchers will present and discuss their studies regarding regional inequality focusing on different dimensions such as health and education.

COLLABORATORS

11:00-12:30 (UTC-5)

Jaime Bonet | Chair and co-presenter

Convergencia regional en Colombia en el Siglo XXI (Regional convergence in Colombia in the XXI century)
(co-author: Karina Acosta)

Jaime Bonet holds a PhD in Regional Planning from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Since 2013, he has been the director of the Cartagena branch office of the Central Bank, and director of the Center of Regional Economic Studies.

Karina Acosta | Co-Presenter

Convergencia regional en Colombia en el Siglo XXI (Regional convergence in Colombia in the XXI century)
(co-author: Jaime Bonet)

Karina Acosta is Researcher at Center of Regional Economic Studies (Centro de Estudios Económicos Regionales - CEER) of the Central Bank in Cartagena. Economist from Universidad del Rosario. She holds a PhD in Regional Sciences with minor in Demography from Cornell University. She was visitor at the Center of Espacial Data at the University of Chicago. Her areas of interest include regional eocnomics, economic development, espacial stadistics and population dynamics.

Silvia Otero and Daniel Toro | Co-Presenters

Análisis de la desigualdad de ingresos en Colombia y en cuatro ciudades intermedias (Analysis on income inequality in Colombia and four intermediate cities)
(co-authors: Silvia Otero and Daniel Toro)

Adolfo Meisel and Angela Granger | Co-Presenters

Desigualdades regionales en la calidad de educación (Regional inequalities in the quality of education)

Luis Armando Galvis | Presenter

Desigualdades regionales en salud (Regional health inequalities)

Luis Armando Galvis is the Principal researcher at the Central Bank of Colombia. Economist from Universidad del Valle. M.A in. Ecomics and PhD in Geography from University of Illinois. He has been lecturer in universities along the country. He has also worked as Research Professional at Arizona State University; Teaching assistant at University of Illinois and Research Assistant at the Spatial Analysis Laboratory from the University of Illinois