Abstract

DUQUE CANTE, Naidú. Importance of territorial categorization for decentralization and intergovernmental relations in Colombia. Rev. Derecho Estado [online]. 2017, n.38, pp.67-95. ISSN 0122-9893.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01229893.n38.03.

This article reflects on the importance of the territorial categorization, especially of the municipalities, for the improvement of the capacity of the State to respond in terms of the provision of social goods and services. The municipal categorization should, in turn, lead to a rethinking, not only of the department's role, but also of the recognition of the differences that these entities manifest today.

The analysis showed that direct provision is subject, in most countries of Latin America and Europe, as in Colombia, to an intergovernmental design in multiple dimensions, incLUDing concurrence, coordination, complementarity and subsidiarity, among The three levels and territorial associative schemes. However, although this design recognizes the differences between the three levels of the State does not recognize those that are present within the two territorial levels existing in our country, which should be resolved through the establishment of municipal and departmental categories.

Keywords : Territorial categorization; municipalities; departments; decentralization; intergovernmental relationship.

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