Around the world, governments spend enormous amounts of public funds in controlling possession, manufacturing and trafficking of illicit drugs. These costs are usually difficult to observe, as they correspond to the opportunity cost of many bureaucrats involved in the process. In this paper, we estimate the expected cost per arrest for possession, ...
Resumen: Se estima el costo de la inseguridad y la delincuencia en México (CID), a nivel de las entidades federativas, para el año 2013. Se utiliza el método contable, clasificando los costos en: de anticipación, a consecuencia o remediales y como respuesta. Cada uno de éstos se mide en términos del producto interno bruto estatal y per cápita. El p...
In spite of the fact that annual social investment in Peru has risen to an average of US$ 1.000 million, the limited efficacy of social programs in Peru generates an annual cost of approximately US$ 90 million plus the exclusion of at least 3,5 million children. To deal with this, this paper proposes the creation of a Social Inclusion Fund (FIS, fo...
This paper develops an analytic point of eference for some environmental effects due to the rapid growth of cities in development countries. In first place, discuss some aspects from economic theory view, on the growth of urban areas. In this sense, analizes scale economies as the main reason for said city development. Based on this, the author ana...
