TY - JOUR TI - Elementos para la construcción de una política pública de bilingüismo en el Valle del Cauca: un análisis descriptivo a partir del censo ampliado de 2005 JO - ESTUDIOS GERENCIALES;Vol. 28 No. 125 - Octubre/Diciembre 2012 PB - Universidad Icesi PY - 2012 issn 01235923 AB - Competitiveness indexes reflect a poor performance in the Valle del Cauca, especially as regards human capital. A bilingualism public policy helps to accumulate human capital, give access to new markets, and better information, which make the development of other factors required for competitiveness possible. This document makes a primary diagnosis of bilingualism in the Valle del Cauca that provides arguments for an effective bilingualism policy. We used data from the bureau of statistics of Colombia. Results point to the need of making bilingualism a central issue in the public agenda, in order to make Valle del Cauca a competitive region KW - FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ADMINISTRATIVAS Y ECONÓMICAS KW - PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL REGISTRADA - UNIVERSIDAD ICESI KW - Bilingüísmo KW - VALLE DEL CAUCA (COLOMBIA) KW - COMPETITIVIDAD KW - POLÍTICA KW - BILINGUALISM KW - COMPETITIVENESS KW - BILINGUALISM POLICY KW - Economía KW - Econometría KW - Economics KW - Econometrics models UR - http://www.icesi.edu.co/revistas/index.php/estudios_gerenciales/article/view/1529 ER -