Colombia : Essays on Conflict, Peace, and Development
A purpose of this book is to present recent World Bank analytical work on the causes of violence and conflict in Colombia, highlighting pilot lending programs oriented to promote peace and development. The Bank's international experiences in p...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/828325/colombia-essays-conflict-peace-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14752 |
| Summary: | A purpose of this book is to present
recent World Bank analytical work on the causes of violence
and conflict in Colombia, highlighting pilot lending
programs oriented to promote peace and development. The
Bank's international experiences in post-conflict
situations in different countries and their relevance for
Colombia are also examined in this volume. The
identification of socio-economic determinants of conflict,
violence, and reforms for peace came about as a key element
of the Bank's assistance strategy for Colombia, defined
in conjunction with government authorities and
representatives of civil society. This report is organized
as follows: After the introductory chapter, Chapter 2
provides a conceptual framework for understanding a broad
spectrum of political, economic, and social violence issues;
identifies the role played by both the country's
history and the unequal access to economic and political
power in the outbreak and resilience of political violence;
and examines as costs of violence the adverse impact on
Colombia's physical, natural, human, and social
capital. Chapter 3 analyzes the costs of achieving peace and
its fiscal implications; and indicates that exclusion and
inequality rather than poverty as the main determinants of
violence and armed conflict. Chapter 4 reviews the
Bank's experience in assisting countries that are
experiencing, or have already overcome, domestic armed
conflict. The authors illustrate the relevance of these
cases for Colombia. |
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