Análisis de las Asimetrías en el Desempeño Departamental entre Cundinamarca y Putumayo entre el 2020 y 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explain the causes of the asymmetries between the departments of Cundinamarca and Putumayo in relation to departmental performance measured by the DNP between 2020 and 2022. Amartya Sen's capabilities approach, Douglass North's Neoinstitutionalism and Orlando Fals Borda's postulates, among others, are used as theoretical basis. This research employs a qualitative methodology with an explanatory perspective, based on institutional data and reports, which reveals significant asymmetries in departmental performance between Cundinamarca and Putumayo, identifying territorial gaps, especially in the management, mobilization and execution of resources, as well as in effective planning and interinstitutional and intersectoral articulation. The phenomena that lead to these asymmetries are analyzed, such as the lack of economic-productive capacities, the concentration of political and economic power in the development poles, the diverse geographic, social, demographic and cultural conditions, departmental competitiveness and the impact of the armed conflict on the territories, highlighting the need to consider the unique historical, geographic and social contexts of each region in order to properly interpret the results and formulate adapted public policies that reduce territorial gaps and promote equitable development and regional balance based on differential characteristics.