Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region

Magdalena Medio is one of the poorest and most violent areas of Colombia and a microcosm of the actors and issues underlying Colombia's armed conflict with guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, with the army battling for control while the civ...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2507440/colombia-development-peace-magdalena-medio-region
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spelling okr-10986-104062021-04-23T14:02:50Z Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region World Bank BUSINESS SECTOR CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CRISES CRITICAL IMPORTANCE DEBT DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECESSION EXTREME POVERTY FEASIBILITY STUDY GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORTS INEQUALITY INFLATION INNOVATION INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MEAN INCOME NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NET ASSESSMENT OIL PARTICIPATORY APPROACH PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SOCIAL CAPITAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS YOUTH PEACEBUILDING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS Magdalena Medio is one of the poorest and most violent areas of Colombia and a microcosm of the actors and issues underlying Colombia's armed conflict with guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, with the army battling for control while the civilian population struggles to survive. The region contains great natural and productive wealth with unequal access. The Program for Development and Peace in Magdalena Medio (PDPMM) seeks solutions to the persistent poverty and increasing violence. Its guiding principles were the need to involve and reflect the concerns of all the region's citizens, and the belief that poverty and violence are complex, interrelated problems which must be tackled simultaneously. The Program, which began in 1995 with a diagnostic phase, embodies a long-term vision for community-led, comprehensive development of the region. It aims to increase living standards and reduce violence by creating the conditions necessary for relationships to develop among communities, NGOs, the business sector, various levels of government and, as appropriate, the armed actors. The project was one of the first Bank lending operations in a new area: peace and development. The project demonstrated that, for a participatory approach to succeed in such a complex and challenging environment, there is no substitute for a design which explicitly incorporates flexibility, close monitoring and analysis of the socio-political situation and a mechanism for feeding this back into the program. 2012-08-13T11:22:30Z 2012-08-13T11:22:30Z 2002-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2507440/colombia-development-peace-magdalena-medio-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10406 English en breve; No. 5 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic BUSINESS SECTOR
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CRISES
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE
DEBT
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RECESSION
EXTREME POVERTY
FEASIBILITY STUDY
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPORTS
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MEAN INCOME
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICIES
NET ASSESSMENT
OIL
PARTICIPATORY APPROACH
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
PARTNERSHIP
POPULATION GROWTH
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RADIO
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL CAPACITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POVERTY
VIOLENCE
VULNERABLE GROUPS
YOUTH PEACEBUILDING
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS
spellingShingle BUSINESS SECTOR
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CRISES
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE
DEBT
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RECESSION
EXTREME POVERTY
FEASIBILITY STUDY
GROWTH RATE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPORTS
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MEAN INCOME
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POLICIES
NET ASSESSMENT
OIL
PARTICIPATORY APPROACH
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
PARTNERSHIP
POPULATION GROWTH
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RADIO
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY
SAFETY NET
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL CAPACITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POVERTY
VIOLENCE
VULNERABLE GROUPS
YOUTH PEACEBUILDING
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS
World Bank
Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
relation en breve; No. 5
description Magdalena Medio is one of the poorest and most violent areas of Colombia and a microcosm of the actors and issues underlying Colombia's armed conflict with guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, with the army battling for control while the civilian population struggles to survive. The region contains great natural and productive wealth with unequal access. The Program for Development and Peace in Magdalena Medio (PDPMM) seeks solutions to the persistent poverty and increasing violence. Its guiding principles were the need to involve and reflect the concerns of all the region's citizens, and the belief that poverty and violence are complex, interrelated problems which must be tackled simultaneously. The Program, which began in 1995 with a diagnostic phase, embodies a long-term vision for community-led, comprehensive development of the region. It aims to increase living standards and reduce violence by creating the conditions necessary for relationships to develop among communities, NGOs, the business sector, various levels of government and, as appropriate, the armed actors. The project was one of the first Bank lending operations in a new area: peace and development. The project demonstrated that, for a participatory approach to succeed in such a complex and challenging environment, there is no substitute for a design which explicitly incorporates flexibility, close monitoring and analysis of the socio-political situation and a mechanism for feeding this back into the program.
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author World Bank
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title Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region
title_short Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region
title_full Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region
title_fullStr Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region
title_full_unstemmed Colombia : Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region
title_sort colombia : development and peace in the magdalena medio region
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/2507440/colombia-development-peace-magdalena-medio-region
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10406
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