Faguet, J.P., F. Sánchez and C. Matajira. 2017. “Is Extraction Bad? Encomienda and Development in Colombia Since 1560.” LSE Manuscript.
Faguet, J.P., F. Sánchez and J. Villaveces. Forthcoming. “The Perversion of Public Land Distribution by Landed Elites: Power, Inequality and Development in Colombia.” World Development.
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