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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
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/11118379/colombia-2006-2010-window-opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19636

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Summary:	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.