Aproximación al cálculo del crecimiento real de Colombia: aportes metodológicos para la inclusión en las cuentas nacionales de los impactos del agotamiento del carbón y del gas natural

Abstract

The integrated accounting system considers the natural resource depletion issues. We analyze the\ndifference between this system and the traditional national accounting system, using data from\nthe mining sector in Colombia (natural gas and coal). Results show that by including the impact\nof these two resources exhaustion, the traditional GDP would be overestimated; while it grew at\nan annual rate of 2.2% for the period 1995-2005, adjusted GDP would show a grow rate of 1.3%,\nreflecting costs on real country growth. These results open a debate given the current proposal of\nbasing part of economic growth in Colombia on mining.