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Highlights:

Colombia 2006 - 2010: A Window Of Oportunity Policy Notes presented by The World Bank

    Preface, Overview and Challenges and Constraints for the Reform Process

    Investing in People (Part II)

    Laying the Foundations for Competitiveness (Part III)

    Reducing Vulnerabilities (Part IV)

  A Window of Oportunity (Full text)


Essays on conflict, peace and development - This volume presents Bank analytical work on the causes of violence and conflict in Colombia and examines the Bank ' s international experiences in post-conflict situations in different countries and their relevance for Colombia.
 
Innovation in Colombia - Many countries in the region are losing ground in the knowledge economy. These studies identify economic sectors in which each country has a competitive advantage. 
 
 Independent Water Entrepreneurs: The Other Private Sector in Water Services- A first overview of small scale independent providers in cities of six Latin American countries, including Colombia, where private providers reach approximately 25% of the local populations.
   
Tertiary Education in Colombia: Paving the Way for Reform - Colombia ' s great challenge is how to become an active member of this new global society, the information and knowledge society.
  
Colombia Poverty Report- This paper examines urban Colombia's socio-economic development from 1978 to 1999, including analysis of income inequality and welfare, and the evolution of poverty and its determinants. The evidence shows mixed results.
 
 

Lessons from the Bank's work in Colombia - 
Land Policy in Transition
Expanding Water Utility Services to Low-Income Areas 
Reforming the Social Safety Net
Child Labor in Bolivia and Colombia
Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

  

  Colombia Social Safety Net Assessment

See also:

 Complete listing of reports on Colombia
 Advanced Search
 Research Department: Colombia
 World Bank Institute Publications


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