A Look to the Social and Economic Development of Colombia

Development is a process in which the world and individuals are immersed every day. Is a process that creates growth, progress, positive changes or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic components. The purpose of it, is to increase the quality of life of people, by increasing income, employment opportunities, education, health, and other factors. Development cannot be necessarily visible immediately; is a process of continuous change. Also, development can mean inclusion, happiness, feeling comfortable with the type of life, in which a greater happiness may expand individual’s capabilities to function. Over the past 50 years, it has been possible to observe the development of countries, individuals, culture, and technology. Some low income countries with development problems started growing faster and other developed countries continued their pace. Not every region develops in the same way, there are factors that can affect this process. Therefore, this thesis is focused on understanding the concept development and focusing on how the process for Colombia has been, if the country can be considered as a very high, high, low or very low development, all this through analyzing the factors of the Human Development Index.