Escenarios de Corrupción en el Distrito de Buenaventura y su Impacto en la Descentralización A dministrativa 2012 – 2019

Abstract

In the context of this research, which aims to analyze the impact of corruption on the process of administrative decentralization, it is important to highlight that this paper seeks to interpret decentralization from a perspective that has its genesis in the regions of the country. It is essential to analyze whether its causes and consequences are rooted in the existing institutional configuration. From this perspective, this paper is proposed based on a methodology grounded in a qualitative case study, employing methods such as exegesis, bibliographic review, and critical data analysis. That said, from the evident concern raised due to the situation presented with the mismanagement of available resources since the administrative decentralization process in the district of Buenaventura. Consequently, the aim is to see how some public servants, in particular, with a crucial role in local development and endowed with significant social responsibility, divert their actions towards corrupt practices, thereby undermining the human, social, and economic development objectives of administrative decentralization Given the challenges posed by an increasingly unequal and belligerent territorial development, the Colombian state must radically rethink its public management model. The mismanagement of public resources has exacerbated these issues, necessitating a profound restructuring of the institutions.