Faculty of Economics

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Research group

Spanish

Applied Macroeconomy Group

Academic Unit: Faculty of Economics

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

957 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Social sciences

Subarea

Economics and business

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Strategic Focus

The Applied Macroeconomics Group at the University of Antioquia aims to contribute to the design, implementation, and monitoring of public policies aimed at improving the quality of life and living conditions of Colombians. In addition, it provides analysis and knowledge to the public and private sectors that impact the performance of companies associated with all economic sectors.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Analysis of the National Economic Situation
Analysis of the external sector
Market analysis
Regional analysis
International trade consulting
Sports economics
Education economics
Public finance
Applied macroeconomics
National and regional economic growth
DSGE modeling
Macroeconometrics
Labor economics and informality
Survey design, application, and indicator calculation
History of macroeconomic thought

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Wilman Arturo Gómez Muñoz

Ph.D. in Economics, Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)
Master's Degree in Economics, Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)
Economist, Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)

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Coordinator's Email

wilman.gomez@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Gobernación de Antioquia
Instituto para el Desarrollo de Antioquia (IDEA)
Alcaldía de Medellín
Comfama
Comfenalco
Banco de la República

Cámaras de Comercio de Antioquia
Universidad del Rosario
Universidad de Valencia (España)
Bancolombia
DANE

Highlighted Projects

Strengthening of the Departmental Public Treasury.
Design and implementation of the Quality of Life Survey.
Construction of the Municipal Competitiveness Index for Antioquia.
Design and implementation of the Survey on Perceptions of Confidence in the Statistics Produced and Disseminated by the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística —DANE—.
Colombia Científica Alianza-EFI.
Participatory Fiscal Control Project-CGR.

Key Research Findings

Development of the Municipal Competitiveness Index in Antioquia. The research is published in a book.
Development of municipal economic recovery guides. With the support of Gobernación de Antioquia and IDEA, 115 guides were developed, one for each municipality in the department (except for Valle de Aburrá), providing insights for post-COVID-19 economic recovery.
The Public Finance Strengthening project has achieved the following: the construction of the Medium-Term Fiscal Framework, ongoing advice and support for the department and its municipalities, and support for improving departmental revenue collection.
Publication of articles and books analyzing the labor market and informality.
Publication of the results of the survey on perceptions of confidence in the statistics produced and disseminated by the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística —DANE—.