The Colombian Pacific region has been identified in several ways, in which underdevelopment has been the most representative, in consequence economic growth was marked as the answer, but by time the Afro-descendants population has seen advantages in community development for their economy. This research wants to expose the visions of development applied by the government and the Afro-descendants in lower Atrato. Raised through a qualitative approach and analysis of secondary sources, this research is presented as a possibility for the academy, to take a further step in the analysis of economic visions of the Afro-descendants, located in the lower Atrato
