Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity

This document presents the recently elected Colombian administration with a set of policy notes meant to enrich the debate around critical issues affecting the country's development. These notes build mostly upon existing research and represen...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/11118379/colombia-2006-2010-window-opportunity
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADULT POPULATION
AIR POLLUTION
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
ARMED CONFLICT
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BENEFICIARIES
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
CHILD MORBIDITY
CHILD MORTALITY
CHRONIC POVERTY
CITIZENS
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPLEX TASK
CULTURAL VALUES
DEBT
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISEASES
DISSEMINATION
DRINKING WATER
DROPOUT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARTHQUAKE
ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECOSYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT
ELDERLY
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ENTITLEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
ETHNIC GROUPS
EX-COMBATANTS
FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL ACCOUNTS
FISCAL OUTCOMES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL RIGIDITIES
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWTH RATE
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SYSTEM
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
IMPACT ON HEALTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIGENOUS GROUPS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
INTERNATIONALIZATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAND USE
LEGAL STATUS
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING CONDITIONS
MALARIA
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MODERNIZATION
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL AGENDAS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLANNING
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OLD AGE
PEACE
PENSIONS
PERSONAL HEALTH
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULAR SUPPORT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
REFORM PROCESS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RISK MANAGEMENT
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY NET
SANITATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECURITY POLICY
SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY
SELECTION SYSTEM
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL COSTS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE USE
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TERRORIST
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIONS
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
VICTIMS
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WAGES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WORKFORCE
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADULT POPULATION
AIR POLLUTION
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
ARMED CONFLICT
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BENEFICIARIES
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
CHILD MORBIDITY
CHILD MORTALITY
CHRONIC POVERTY
CITIZENS
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPLEX TASK
CULTURAL VALUES
DEBT
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISEASES
DISSEMINATION
DRINKING WATER
DROPOUT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARTHQUAKE
ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECOSYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT
ELDERLY
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ENTITLEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
ETHNIC GROUPS
EX-COMBATANTS
FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL ACCOUNTS
FISCAL OUTCOMES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL RIGIDITIES
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWTH RATE
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH RISKS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SYSTEM
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
IMPACT ON HEALTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIGENOUS GROUPS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
INTERNATIONALIZATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LAND USE
LEGAL STATUS
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING CONDITIONS
MALARIA
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MODERNIZATION
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL AGENDAS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLANNING
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OLD AGE
PEACE
PENSIONS
PERSONAL HEALTH
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULAR SUPPORT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF LIFE
REFORM PROCESS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RISK MANAGEMENT
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POVERTY
SAFETY NET
SANITATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECURITY POLICY
SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY
SELECTION SYSTEM
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL COSTS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE USE
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TERRORIST
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIONS
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
VICTIMS
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WAGES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WORKFORCE
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
World Bank
Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
description This document presents the recently elected Colombian administration with a set of policy notes meant to enrich the debate around critical issues affecting the country's development. These notes build mostly upon existing research and represent the Bank's independent view on topics which are either at the crux of ongoing policy discussions or merit a more prominent place in this dialogue. This window of opportunity provides a very favorable setting for advancing aggressive interventions to further alleviate poverty and inequality. Even as a country with a long history of solid growth and stable democratic institutions, poverty remains a critical issue for Colombia. Years of consistent economic growth throughout the 1980s and early 1990s lifted many out of poverty, but the macroeconomic crisis at the end of the 1990s eradicated more than a decade of progress. The notes have been grouped around four strategic issues: challenges and constraints for the reform process, investing in people, laying the foundations for competitiveness, and reducing vulnerabilities. To this end, a national strategy for comprehensive peace, reconciliation and equitable development needs to be strengthened with the following elements: (i) a continued national level effort to create incentives for the demobilization of illegal armed groups, (ii) attention to the internally displaced population, who are the most visible and numerous victims of the conflict, (iii) mainstreaming inequality reduction interventions into key sectors, and (iv) local and regional community-led economic development and social capital building plans, inclusive of vulnerable and demobilized populations, all of which would contribute to prevent the recurrence of the armed conflict.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity
title_short Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity
title_full Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity
title_fullStr Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity
title_full_unstemmed Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity
title_sort colombia 2006-2010 : a window of opportunity
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/11118379/colombia-2006-2010-window-opportunity
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19636
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spelling okr-10986-196362021-04-23T14:03:46Z Colombia 2006-2010 : A Window of Opportunity World Bank ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ADULT POPULATION AIR POLLUTION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ARMED CONFLICT BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFICIARIES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEFICIT CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC POVERTY CITIZENS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPLEX TASK CULTURAL VALUES DEBT DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRINKING WATER DROPOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT ELDERLY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES ETHNIC GROUPS EX-COMBATANTS FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL ACCOUNTS FISCAL OUTCOMES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL RIGIDITIES FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GREENHOUSE GASES GROWTH RATE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY ILLNESS IMMUNIZATIONS IMPACT ON CHILDREN IMPACT ON HEALTH INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INTERNATIONALIZATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND USE LEGAL STATUS LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS MALARIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MODERNIZATION MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL AGENDAS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLANNING NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL STRATEGY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE OLD AGE PEACE PENSIONS PERSONAL HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULAR SUPPORT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC GOVERNANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR DEFICIT PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE REFORM PROCESS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SANITATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECURITY POLICY SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SELECTION SYSTEM SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TAX RATES TAX REFORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERRORIST TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIONS URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN AREAS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE VICTIMS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAGES WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WORKFORCE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE This document presents the recently elected Colombian administration with a set of policy notes meant to enrich the debate around critical issues affecting the country's development. These notes build mostly upon existing research and represent the Bank's independent view on topics which are either at the crux of ongoing policy discussions or merit a more prominent place in this dialogue. This window of opportunity provides a very favorable setting for advancing aggressive interventions to further alleviate poverty and inequality. Even as a country with a long history of solid growth and stable democratic institutions, poverty remains a critical issue for Colombia. Years of consistent economic growth throughout the 1980s and early 1990s lifted many out of poverty, but the macroeconomic crisis at the end of the 1990s eradicated more than a decade of progress. The notes have been grouped around four strategic issues: challenges and constraints for the reform process, investing in people, laying the foundations for competitiveness, and reducing vulnerabilities. To this end, a national strategy for comprehensive peace, reconciliation and equitable development needs to be strengthened with the following elements: (i) a continued national level effort to create incentives for the demobilization of illegal armed groups, (ii) attention to the internally displaced population, who are the most visible and numerous victims of the conflict, (iii) mainstreaming inequality reduction interventions into key sectors, and (iv) local and regional community-led economic development and social capital building plans, inclusive of vulnerable and demobilized populations, all of which would contribute to prevent the recurrence of the armed conflict. 2014-08-25T17:28:55Z 2014-08-25T17:28:55Z 2007-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/11118379/colombia-2006-2010-window-opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19636 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Colombia